As we approach Remembrance Day in the UK and Veterans Day in the US, Joel Furches explores whether we should be praying for our military 

I was only a few years out of college when I received the email. It was a mass email from one of my college friends to all the members of our graduating class. The email began by informing us that one of our college friends – someone to whom we were all close, and who was well-liked by all – had died in action overseas.

The news was a shock, and one would expect the sender to follow this up with a homily or homage honouring our fallen friend. But the writer chose to take a different approach. In the sentences and paragraphs following the news of our friend’s passing, the author of the email launched into a screed on how the war was unnecessary and the politicians who chose to engage ought to be thrown out. The author made it clear… (Register to read the rest of the article)