ALMOST AS OLD AS GOD

By Army standards, anyway.

And we're glad to have him here in our community.

Jake Rabena sat in a pew and doodled while Charles Ehrhart, a Catholic chaplain, recited from the Bible.

Every now and then, the 4-year-old would stop drawing and glance up at Ehrhart, said Mary Ann Ernst, a family friend and fellow parishioner. At the end of the sermon, Jake leaned toward Ernst and made an observation.

“That’s God up there reading,” Jake said in a knowing way.

No, Jake, Ehrhart isn’t God, but you were in the presence of the oldest chaplain in the U.S. Army.