The Spiritual Care Department of Baxter Regional Medical Center invites you to spend an afternoon with The Chaplain: Norris Burkes on Monday, September 8 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Lagerborg Dining Room of BRMC. Chaplain Burkes will be speaking on Lessons of Forgiveness from a War Zone.Norris Burkes is a Chaplain in the Air National Guard and Ft. Myers News-Press columnist, endorsed by the Southern Baptist General Convention and certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains. His weekly column, Spirituality, takes a spiritual, often comical - if not irreverent – look at everyday life. He is syndicated with Gannett News Service in over 50 publications nationwide that reach over 1 million readers weekly, including The Baxter Bulletin.

Lessons of Forgiveness from a War Zone is a talk to preview Chaplain Burkesandrsquo; upcoming book, describing his unenviable task of delivering death notifications to the families of those killed in action. After the 25th such announcement, he volunteered for deployment to the Air Force Field Hospital in Balad, Iraq, where he sees firsthand how and why soldiers are dying. From his combat landing in Iraq to his crash-landing four months later at Baltimore-Washington International, Burkes tells the stories of the combat wounded as they struggle to overcome both physical and moral injuries, mourn their losses, and, astonishingly, forgive their enemies.

For more information about Chaplain Burkes, visit www.thechaplain.net.

The event is free, but seating is limited. Please call (870) 508-1018 to reserve your seat today, or click here to register online.

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