Daryl Densford
From Blindness to Sight
Depending on your faith tradition, you may be in the midst of what the Christian Church calls “Lent.” Generally lasting forty days as a reminder of Jesus’ time of temptation in the wilderness, Lent is a period when Christians engage in self-denial to be more focused on prayer and recognition of one’s own need of […]
Freedom of Religion or Freedom of Worship?
It has been a subtle and (for many) an unnoticeable shift away from the Constitutionally protected “Freedom of Religion” to what the liberal left is calling “Freedom of Worship.” Seeking to silence the Church in the public square and reduce their religious “practice” to what happens during a worship service, some in the government (in the […]
A Soldier Death Notification I’ll Never Forget
I want to share with you a death notification I was recently part of. I share it partly for therapy but mainly so you know a little about the experience of both the families of Soldiers who die and the Soldiers sent to notify those families of their loved one’s death. A chaplain is usually half of a notification team […]
Can Theistic Evolutionists and Biblical Creationists have a Diaglogue?
I haven’t posted in a while about the encroachment of the theory of evolution into the Church but the recent debate between Bill Nye (the science guy) and Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) has brought the issue back to the front of my thinking. There was also a recent conference at Point Loma Nazarene University called, “Exploring Origins: […]
Travelogue: John Wesley “Pilgrimage”
This year (2014) marks 230 years since John Wesley ordained Thomas Coke and appointed him and Francis Asbury as superintendents for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the newly formed United States. This isn’t of tremendous significance for most who will read this post but does give me at least a modicum of a segue to introduce […]
The Densford Family Sings … Christmas
Every good parent is proud of their children. I am no exception. At the risk of resembling one of those guys who bores his house guests with home movies, I want to share some of the Christmas performances by my children over the years. A couple of them are new while some you may have […]
Nelson Mandela: Saint or Sinner?
I try not to get involved in personal attacks regardless of how wrong I might consider someone’s views to be. This post will not stray from that attempt, but I want to briefly address the fact that I continue to see posts and comments all over the Internet about Nelson Mandela that run the spectrum from nearly nominating him […]
A Remarkable Life: Karl W. Scheufler-Minister, Missionary and Chaplain
Occasionally, I come across people who really impress me. Sometimes these are living people, many times they have died long ago. I usually become acquainted with these “dead” people through something of theirs that I have found or purchased. This is the case with Karl William Scheufler. I bought a few postal covers (decorated envelopes) that he […]
Is “Gay” the New “Black”?
Homosexual activists are quick to take advantage of any angle to give them an apparent edge or help them win a case in court. They have long maintained (even in the Church) that their pursuit of rights is similar to that of the civil rights movement of the 60s and the women’s rights movement of […]
What We Can Learn from the MPs
As the chaplain for the Military Police Corps Regiment and the U.S. Army Mlitary Police School, I’m involved in a lot of MP events throughout the year. Many of these events happen in one week of September during the Military Police Corps Regimental Anniversary week at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This year, they celebrated 72 years as a permanent […]
Here I Sit 