The Office of Special Trial Counsel
How Article 24a, UCMJ — enacted in the FY 2022 NDAA and effective 27 December 2023 — created the Office of Special Trial Counsel and stripped commanders of authority over covered offenses.
· 5 min read
Faith, Law, and the Free Society
Faith. Service. Law.
This is where I think out loud about the things that matter most — how faith shapes public life, what the law demands of us, and why community is worth the work.
Army JAG School: A Complete Guide to the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course
The Army's Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course (JAOBC) at TJAGLCS in Charlottesville: schedule, curriculum, daily life, and a week-by-week firsthand account.
· 9 min read
The Yale Divinity School Application Guide: Acceptance Rate, Essays, Degrees, and What to Expect
Yale Divinity School's acceptance rate is roughly 23%. I got in — my complete 2026 guide to degree options, essays, full-tuition aid, and what admissions actually looks for.
· 18 min read
What I Write About
Thoughtful writing at the intersection of faith, public service, and constitutional principles.
New Here? Start With These
A curated introduction to the ideas and themes I explore most.
Faith and Public Life
Learning to Read
Four years of Greek and Hebrew at a Baptist college taught me the opposite of what I expected. Not precision—the places where the English hides a decision.
Service and Sacrifice
JASOC: The Complete Guide to Air Force JAG Training
Everything you need to know about JASOC—the Air Force Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course at Maxwell AFB. Schedule, curriculum, and firsthand tips from a former JAG officer.
Rule of Law and Liberty
The Article 32 Preliminary Hearing
How the Article 32 preliminary hearing works after the FY 2014 and FY 2015 NDAA reforms — narrower scope, paper-based practice, waiver, and the OSTC interaction.
Community and Place
The Inhospitable Table: On Political Hatred and the Death of Civic Courtesy
Governor Sanders was asked to leave a Little Rock restaurant. This essay examines what the Croissanterie incident reveals about political hatred, tolerance, and the slow death of civic life in America.
Recent Writing
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Learning to Read
Four years of Greek and Hebrew at a Baptist college taught me the opposite of what I expected. Not precision—the places where the English hides a decision.
· 48 min read
The Faith of My Fathers
A Catholic convert's gratitude for the Southern Baptist faith that raised him—the Bible under his arm, the casseroles, the cost, the hymn verse he never sang.
· 25 min read
The Apologist Who Believed Too Much
A sophomore apologetics assignment on Justin Martyr's First Apology cost me the church I was raised in. What chapter 66 says about the Eucharist.
· 39 min read
Matthew 13:44–52: The Hidden Treasure, the Pearl, and the Scribe’s New and Old
A Catholic exegesis of Matthew 13:44–52: the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, the dragnet, and the scribe who brings out the new and the old.
· 53 min read
The Didache — Old Enough for the Canon, and Still Left Out
The Didache may be older than the last books of the New Testament, yet no Bible ever carried it. What the earliest church order says, and why it was left out.
· 47 min read
The Case Against John MacArthur: A Critical Assessment
A former evangelical's comprehensive assessment of John MacArthur: the scholarship claimed for him, his documented exegetical errors, and his record.
· 67 min read
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