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Many postmoderns seek time and space for quiet and contemplation. How might Adventists and other Christians effectively incorporate these into their worship services?

Medics Provide Health Services to Villagers U.S. and Iraqi medics team up to conduct a community health outreach for the citizens of Hor al Bash, Iraq. By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Flores CAMP TAJI, Iraq. Aug. 28, 2006-- Under the blazing Iraqi sun, Iraqi army and U.S. Army soldiers from Multi-National Division - Baghdad fought the Middle East heat to conduct a community health outreach for the people of Hor al Bash.Soldiers of the 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, and 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, with the help...

Wednesday, 23 August 2006 By Staff Sgt. Kevin Lovel 363rd MPADCapt. Eric Fedak, civil affairs team leader, Company B, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks with residents in Ghazaliya Thursday about their essential service concerns, such as water, electricity, sewage and trash pickup. Department of Defense photo by Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Lovel, 363rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. BAGHDAD --U.S. Soldiers from the 412th and 414th Civil Affairs Battalions coordinated, supervised and checked on the progress of essential services projects Thursday in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Ghazaliya and Shula.After monitoring the progress of contractors’ trash cleanup efforts in the two economically...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2006 – All active-duty military components met or exceeded their July recruiting goals, Defense Department officials announced today, marking the 14th consecutive month the services have met or exceeded their goals. The Army exceeded its goal of 10,450 recruits; it signed up 10,890 new soldiers, for 104 percent of its goal. The Navy and Air Force both came in at 100 percent, with 4,043 and 2,121 recruited respectively, while the Marine Corps hit 112 percent of its July goal, with 3,197 recruits. “It demonstrates that men and women of military-service age are finding that they want to...

8/4/2006 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN) -- The first joint operation involving the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard security forces set out to patrol the shores of Guam July 26. "This is a joint operation with Coast Guard, Air Force and naval assets all working together as a coordinated team to enhance force protection and overall protection of the island of Guam," said Chief Warrant Officer William Norton of Naval Security Forces. The joint patrol got underway in a 36-foot Navy patrol Sea Ark and navigated 32 miles to the northern tip of the island and back....

While US airlines cut and slash service -- care and feeding -- of their travelers, the Asian airlines have been buying new planes, installing elaborate entertainment systems, and allowing passengers in-flight e-mail and web surfing options. Add to that plush seats and meals created by celebrity chefs, and the result is that America doesn't know service. Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines services beat all American carriers, hands down. On the long-haul flights, choices of movies, frequent meals (America doesn't need this) -- Western or Asian style -- and friendly service are the standard. Not only are the US airlines behind,...

Court: Father Can't Raise Child Despite Mother's Deception Woman Lied, Saying Baby DiedPOSTED: 7:06 am EDT June 21, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. -- A biological father should lose his parental rights because he did not establish himself as a caregiver, even though the mother deceived the man by claiming she had a miscarriage, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Pernell Ingram argued that he had provided sufficient care to the mother to qualify as the legal father of a child born out of wedlock. The Newton Grove man said he had provided "consistent care" by frequently caring for the mother's...

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2006 – All the military services achieved or exceeded their active-duty recruiting goals in the month of May, which marks the 12th consecutive month they've done so, according to information released by DoD June 9. Jacob Cristina, of Metairie, La., recites the Navy's oath of enlistment, given by Cmdr. Charles Schug, commanding officer of Navy Recruiting District New Orleans, during enlistment ceremony at the command's headquarters earlier this year. Cristina was NRD New Orleans' first applicant to be sworn in at the headquarters since Hurricane Katrina caused it to be moved. Cristina signed up to become...

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2006 – President Bush welcomed a new commandant to the Coast Guard here today, and officially recognized the service as a whole for its contributions during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Incoming Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen told the audience at his change of command ceremony May 25 that his service's "challenge is to attack each day, each task, with a purpose grounded in who we are, what we have been, and what we must become." The ceremony took place at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  (Click...

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2006 – The Armed Services YMCA honored individuals and organizations for their support of military families in 2005 at its 19th Annual Recognition Luncheon here today. Bryce Moorehouse, 11, shows Navy Force Master Chief Dave Pennington his art contest entry that earned first place during the Armed Services YMCA 19th Annual Recognition Luncheon in Washington. Bryce's mother, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Palermo, is stationed at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington. Photo by Samantha L. Quigley  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The ASYMCA provides social and support services for military families, organization officials said. Last...

THE death of a present-day soldier in Iraq brought new meaning to the Anzac Day service in a tiny Victorian town today as around the country tens of thousands of people attended dawn services and parades. Residents of Briagolong in Gippsland mourned the death of Private Jake Kovco, who accidentally shot himself in Baghdad on Friday. After a short march to the town's cenotaph, wreaths were laid by Private Kovco's parents and local Nationals MP and federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran. Private Kovco, a 25-year-old father of two, died from an accidental shot while cleaning his pistol. And it was...

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq (Army News Service, April 18, 2006) – As the sun rose over Baghdad on Easter morning, April 16, 250 Task Force Baghdad Soldiers gathered for a sunrise worship service on the shores of an artificial lake built during Saddam Hussein’s reign. “This is the day we look forward to all year,” said Chaplain (Lt. Col.) James White, Task Force Baghdad chaplain. “Yes, there’s a risk involved in coming out here to hold a service by the lake, but my message to those who have gathered here today is that we have freedom of worship. I’m just thankful...

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2006 – With high operational tempos and multiple deployments increasingly becoming the norm, more servicemembers and their families are seeking counseling services, the Pentagon's family policy chief said. DoD started expanding its array of counseling services shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, to help counter the stress military service places on servicemembers and their families, particularly during wartime, Barbara Thompson, director of DoD's Office of Family Policy said, told American Forces Press Service. The result is a vast family-assistance counseling network that emphasizes problem solving and communications skills that help individuals and families get through difficult times....

Federal budget cuts to child-welfare services may cost California hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade and could short-circuit efforts to keep thousands of children with family members, local county welfare officials and policy experts say. The cuts, advocates say, are a direct effort to sidestep a federal court decision that helped open up payments to thousands of relatives who are caregivers in several Western states. These cuts could immediately affect the care of some 4,000 to 5,000 children in California alone, according to the advocates. "If the state can't backfill for the lost funds, I think it...

Workers continue work on the Sadr City Water Treatment Plant, which is one of the ongoing essential services re-building projects in Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Otto Busher Coalition Priority: Restore Iraq's Essential Services The infrastructure projects, while providing services previously unavailable in many parts of rural Iraq, also provide needed jobs and income for citizens. By U.S. Army Sgt. Ann Drier363rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BAGHDAD, Feb. 23, 2006 — Most Americans have difficulty thinking about not having running water, flushing toilets, weekly trash pickup or electricity 24 hours-a-day. We take for granted the things that...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2006 – U.S. military medics and corpsmen are on the front lines with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the troops have confidence in their abilities and in the standard of care throughout the entire military medical system, a top U.S. general said here today. Every troop who goes into combat has tremendous respect for the medics who go forward with them, and these medics display the same courage and bravery as the rest of the troops, said Marine Gen. Robert Magnus, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, at the State of the Military Health System 2006...

EVRY, France (AP) - Prostrating himself and touching his forehead to the ground, Mathieu Pawlak put his demons to rest. Once a practicing Catholic tormented by a spiritual void and the searching questions of youth, Pawlak embraced Islam and, he says, found peace. "I'm the same on the outside, but inside everything has changed," said the 25-year-old restaurant cook who converted 4 1/2 years ago. He took a Muslim name, Abderrahman, and last year married a Muslim woman who cloaks herself in a dark veil. "I found the way that Muslims pray to be truly profound. It links the body...

GROVEPORT, Ohio (12/5/2005) — "This has been the longest year of my life. I finally get my life back...I finally get my baby back," said a tearful Nancy Marquez as she sat eagerly awaiting her Soldier’s entrance; her wait was just about over. Marquez’s son, Spc. Justin Marquez, as well as 29 other Soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard’s 237th Personnel Services Battalion were celebrated as heroes during a welcome home ceremony Dec. 4 at Groveport Madison High School. Loud cheers and applause went up as the Soldiers filed in and took their place of honor at the front...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2005 – The military is in a position of watchful waiting as Hurricane Wilma churns through the Caribbean. Wilma is now listed as a Category 5 hurricane. Weather service officials estimate it will lose some strength as it pushes northward, but it will still pack a powerful punch if it hits the western coast of Florida on the weekend as expected. Officials in Florida said 8,000 National Guardsmen could be called on to help. As the storm nears land, Guardsmen will be called up as needed and assigned where needed, said National Guard Bureau officials. Computer modeling...

AL ASAD, Iraq (Oct. 6, 2005 ) -- “In a land where this concept of Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims worshipping together with pride and safety did not exist, you have built it. “Because of your willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice, this house of God now stands. It is part of a long chain back to Solomon’s temple, and in its own way, is just as grand.” These words were spoken by Navy Cmdr. Travis M. Phillips, a Jewish chaplain with II Marine Expeditionary Force, to the Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and civilians attending the first religious services, Oct. 2,...