Susan Maginn

In her formal military portrait, Susan Maginn poses solemnly in her dress uniform in front of the US flag.

Susan Maginn (she/her) is a U.S. Navy chaplain currently serving the Marines in California.

From Susan Maginn

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None of us are mission-making machines.

Reflection | By Susan Maginn | May 18, 2022 | From Braver/Wiser

Gracious God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid. In the Psalms you tell us our days in this life are like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone....

Prayer | By Susan Maginn | November 25, 2016 | From WorshipWeb

Gracious God, Morning rises toward high noon just as our spirits gaze toward your radiant refuge. We remember the days of trial, not so long ago, among the shadows and valleys of wilderness wandering and wondering if we were forever forsaken, outcast, left behind. And just then, as the sun breaks...

Prayer | By Susan Maginn | October 11, 2016 | From WorshipWeb

Gracious God, from Exodus we hear you say, "I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared." You have called us all toward uncertain destinies, to cast our fate into unknown perils, upon paths as yet untrodden....

Prayer | By Susan Maginn | September 18, 2016 | From WorshipWeb

Gracious God, From Isaiah we hear you say, “Do not fear. I have called you by name. You are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you. And when you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames shall not consume...

Prayer | By Susan Maginn | August 15, 2016 | From WorshipWeb

Gracious God, A warrior fights for those who cannot fight for themselves. As a warrior prepares for battle, there is a solemn responsibility: to know how and when and if to take life, just as a warrior must know how and when and if to risk their own life....

Prayer | By Susan Maginn | August 11, 2016 | From WorshipWeb

He's not where he is supposed to be. He should be practicing sprints in the desert sun with all the other aspiring Marines, but instead he is here, retreating into the quiet shade of the chaplain's office, the one person who won’t yell at him. Since he was seven years old, he wanted to be a...

Reading | By Susan Maginn | July 10, 2016 | From WorshipWeb

Sometimes you can open your eyes and find that everything is new like you moved to a new town don't know where your grocery store is don't even know what lies at the end of your own street. You can open your eyes and everything is new like a shock like the call that delivers the message the...

Meditation | By Susan Maginn | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

Come into this room, weigh into this chair, breathe into this body, the very body that will be you, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part....

Meditation | By Susan Maginn | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

From beyond the playful summer clouds, beyond the earth's thin blue line, from beyond the bright moon and meteor showers, we hear the call to look and listen carefully, to turn away from a world that buys and sells happiness, to fully experience the luring whisper of your heart's truth. Why not...

Opening | By Susan Maginn | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

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