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Jack Brown

A dedicated community servant, Jack ministers to local veterans as a chaplain at Dublin\’s Carl Vinson VA Medical Center and to readers of The Courier Herald through the encouraging words he pens in regular columns. He is a veteran of two different military branches, having served as a U.S. Marine in the Korean conflict and later a U.S. Army chaplain in various parts of Europe and Asia, including with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. He has also worked as a pastor and dean of students at two Baptist colleges. Since moving to Dublin in 1991, he has ministered in various ways to former service members and others in need, particularly at the VA and in local hospitals and nursing homes, where he regularly visits and brings smiles to faces by playing tunes on his harmonica. 

Jack's Latest Articles

Remember the Holocaust

World War II resulted when enraged free people throughout the world joined together as allied forces with the goal to stop Hitler's mad rush to conquer the world.

Arthur Ashe: Grace under pressure

Arthur Ashe was an American tennis champion who, with quiet courage, crusaded against racial prejudice, apartheid and AIDS.

Welles Remy Crowther: The man in the red bandanna

Welles was from New York and was a graduate of Boston College, Class of 1999, and who played hockey and lacrosse as a student-athlete wearing No. 19 on his jersey.

Bill Wallace: Devoted medical missionary to China

In 1951, Bill Wallace was arrested by the communist government for false political charges, was then imprisoned, starved, abused, tortured and finally died after being a prisoner for 53 days.

God in the songs of America

God is acknowledged in well known patriotic songs of America. Yes, he is acknowledged in the lyrics of the majestic patriotic songs we have sung for many years.

God’s small acrobat  

As we all know, the squirrel can leap like crazy, can steal birdseed or nectar ... and can also cause havoc around one's house.

William Wilberforce: Abolitionist and member of British Parliament

His father died when Wilberforce was 8 years old, and for the next two and a half years he went to live with his Christian aunt and uncle who had a strong and lasting influence on him.

‘Be still and know …’

I shall always remember that long ago field trip, for I was a young minister and realized that God was everywhere.

FDR: ‘The Bible is a fountain of strength’

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was God's leader for America during critical times. Let us all stay close to God's word.

Louie E. Stanley: A tribute to a former WWII prisoner of war

The body of Louie Stanley was laid to rest in the National Historic Cemetery in Andersonville, Ga. He helped to keep America free, and I am a better man for having known him as a Christian friend and brother.

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