In the Midst of a War Zone, Hers is a Holy Mission of Love and Peace... She led sermons under threat of mortar fire, prepared Easter communion on the tailgate of an armored vehicle. But the biggest threat for Chaplain Gladys Lanier wasn't an RPG--it was spiritual apathy. No Greater Love: Staying Alive 365 Days in Babylon is her account of being embedded with American forces fighting in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, during some of the fiercest combat of the war. Lanier, a chaplain in the Reserves, is ripped from her civilian life as a teacher one day when she receives news that she's been mobilized...
In the Midst of a War Zone, Hers is a Holy Mission of Love and Peace... She led sermons under threat of mortar fire, prepared Easter communion on the ...