Talks 277 - Dr. Jim Rentz, Sr., Vietnam War Chaplain & Family Therapist

The growing network of Spaniard contacts led to Dr. Jim Rentz, Sr., a retired marriage & family therapist inspired to help work toward peace after serving as a U.S. Army Chaplain during the Vietnam War. Perhaps destiny led here as well, since Jim is a stroke survivor, because this talk happened 9 years to the day after Spanny’s own stroke. Jim discusses the turmoil that led him and his wife to adopt a Vietnamese orphan … surviving bitterness as a scorned veteran … appreciating the resilience of his father after tuberculosis … and more.

 

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MDiv

MTheology

D Min

Bronze Star

 

military service, faith, parenting, counseling, spirituality, Vietnam conflict, adoption

 

 

9:20

On serving as the only chaplain in an aid station with many wounded and dying, serving all as best he could

9:55

 

10:00

On questioning God and the church amid the mayhem of war and promising to work toward peace

10:50

 

16:15

On finding trauma bubbling to the surface among military veterans who avoid counseling, and trying to help

17:25

 

19:20

On coming to see the toll on families in Vietnam when visiting orphanages there, and finding ways to provide aid.

21:35

 

22:35

On coming to care for the Vietnamese people and one girl in particular, who he and his wife adopted.

23:23

 

27:00

On feeling led to adopt his daughter Kim

27:20

 

29:53

On the disappointing reception when he returned from war

33:35

 

36:05

On how helping others and working through his faith has helped him overcome his own anger

37:38

 

44:25

On telling his father that his example (achieving success after battling tuberculosis) was a priceless gift.

44:47

 

46:20

On his father’s perspective on prayers as already answered

46:33

 

53:50

On focusing on what you have and not what you don’t

54:15