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How does the Lord see you?

[…]“Love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27). Lastly, you are called to be salt and light. In OCF we are called to love and to serve our active duty and retired military members and their families. Our indigenous lay-led model provides opportunities daily to impact hurting and lost people in need of Christ’s love. As a Christian in the military society, you hold a spiritual commission from Him to love and serve others, placing you right where you are to share the same joys, tears, fears, challenges, and broken hearts with those around you. It is a very special calling […]

Laborers and Laboring as Unto the Lord

by Karen Fliedner, OCF Comm. Assoc. Ed. From its roots in the trade and labor unions of the early 1880s as a tribute to the every day worker, Labor Day’s holiday observance has evolved to where today it’s the unofficial end of summer and its plethora of warm weather activities. One last picnic, trip to the beach, or pitched tent in the great outdoor before green leaves take on the rusted glow of autumn. And lest risking a fashion faux pas–no more white purse or slacks past September 5, either! Oregon was the first state legalizing a holiday in honor […]

Leadership without Coercion

[…]demonstrate my faith rather than preach with words. It was no secret that I was involved with OCF and the chapel leadership. Occasionally I deemed it appropriate to be more vocal. I had a civilian employee who was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. When we found out, I went to his office and closed the door for a private conversation. We discussed his treatment and prognosis. He had some questions about his benefits, some of which I could answer and some of which I had to promise to find out for him. At the end, I asked for his […]
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