Year of Hope
In July 2004, Pastor Mark Nuckols, also an Army Reserve chaplain, received a message from the US government informing him his reserve unit would soon be activated and deployed to Iraq. Only six months earlier, he had accepted a call to be shepherd of Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. He thought of leaving family, friends, and his new congregation left him with great apprehension and con...
In July 2004, Pastor Mark Nuckols, also an Army Reserve chaplain, received a message from the US government informing him his reserve unit would soon be activated and deployed to Iraq. Only six months earlier, he had accepted a call to be shepherd of Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. He thought of leaving family, friends, and his new congregation left him with great apprehension and con...
