A Mormon Chaplain

About the Book

Reading this book is a unique experience. You'll catch yourself laughing out loud and maybe even shedding a tear as you get inside the head of this young Chaplain who muddles his way from one awkward situation to the next. You'll share his struggle to get commissioned in the Army, his training (and lack thereof) that shape his ability to cope with personal disasters and console victims' families and friends. His experiences cover the widest range of human emotions: from men under the pressures of war and construction deadlines, to treating wounded soldiers and marines before they are sent back to a MASH, to witnessing the exchange of prisoners after the cease-fire is signed, to providing care and education for orphans in war's impossible circumstances. The author describes counseling men in private, in prison and in hospitals, in dealing with petty personality differences that are blown all out of proportion, to teenager-problems that can be serious and humorous at the same time. Wonderful interfaith cooperation and faith promoting situations underlie the whole story. This book will provide you with a fast, easy-reading and entertaining couple of hours.

About the Author

After Earl S. Beecher's active duty service as a Chaplain in the US Army, Earl S. Beecher, Ph.D., CLU, CFA remained in the Reserves eight years. During that time he attended UCLA and earned his MBA and Doctorate in Business Administration. He taught Finance at seven major universities in Southern California, thirty-three years full time at California State University Long Beach. He is now retired. and living in Huntington Beach, California with his wife, and family near by. He has three children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. He established an independent record label in 1968, Outstanding Records with a more widely-known subdivision Morrhythm Records. He has released over 400 CDs by more than 150 artists on his labels. He has produced / hosted more than 1400 radio shows and 400 TV shows. For eleven years now he has been hosting a weekly world-wide two-hour music radio show on www.kbeach.org from the CSULB campus.