Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Buddhist chaplain is Army first

Thomas Dyer is the Army National Guard's first Buddhist-affiliated chaplain to be deployed. Though Dyer used to be a Baptist pastor, he has since been involved in Buddhism and Buddhist meditation techniques, which he feels will be useful during the trying months ahead when he will be deployed in December for Afghanistan.

Bob Smietana of the Nashville Tennessean has the full story at Faith in Public Life.

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