Reflections of an Army Chaplain (ePub)

OH in 2005 with a special focus in the Black Church and Public Health. His dissertation is entitled, "Participation of Pastors in Addressing Health Disparities of African Americans." Chaplain Davis holds Clinical Certification in the National Association of Forensic Counselors. He is a member of the Military Chaplains Association of the USA. Chaplain Davis is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Memphis. In 2003, he was certified as a Clinical Member of the National Institute of Business and Industrial Chaplains, Inc. In 2004, Chaplain Davis was appointed to the Board of Health Benefits for the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. He has served as a member of the St. Jude Sickle Cell Advisory Committee and the Life-Blood Board of Directors. April 2004, he was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board for Sustaining Pastoral Excellence, Memphis Theological Seminary. In 2004, he was appointed to the Spiritual and Emotional Care Task Force for the Mississippi Conference to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. In January 2008, he and his wife were selected to join forty clergy participants for the three year Sustaining Pastoral Excellence study group. Chaplain Davis is most pleased that while at Methodist Healthcare he was able to coordinate between Methodist Healthcare, St. Jude Research Hospital and Africa University, located in Zimbabwe, the establishment of clinical trials for an FDA approved anti-AIDS vaccine project. While an Army Chaplain, he conducted numerous workshops on "An Understanding of Racism," and as a trainer for "Faith at Work, Inc." which combined the insights of psychotherapy with biblical applications in small group settings. He believes his academic, pastoral and military experiences, during the heat of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond, provide powerful reflections as an overlay with recommended resolutions for contemporary social issues. His conviction about race is that beliefs in racial inferiority or superiority are deeply embedded pathological issues perpetuating social, political and spiritual instability and the predominance of economic chaos, preventing the realization of the kingdom of God. Born in Vaiden and raised in Winona, Mississippi, "Sonny" and Cynthia are proud parents of four adult children and two grandsons, Jalen and Christian Blake. He loves the pastoral ministry, gardening, traveling and golf. He is most pleased and thankful to God for the opportunity in retirement to support Cynthia as a twice appointed District Superintendent in the Memphis Conference of our United Methodist Church.