In 2004, 19 year old, Private First Class, Michael Yandell, a U.S. Army Bomb Disposal Specialist, was sweeping a stretch of Baghdad Airport Road, or "Route Irish" as the U.S. military called it, when he and his partner encountered a recycled abandoned artillery shell casing.  Rather than risk continued potential exposure to sniper fire, they opted to take this shell casing back to base and dispose of it safely.

Within minutes, both soldiers knew something had gone terribly wrong.

What followed this incident continues to shape Rev. Dr. Michael Yandell's perspective on life.  Michael recently finished his PhD in Theological Studies at Emory's Laney Graduate School in Atlanta, GA.  Michael's focus was on the topic of moral injury.

Listen as Michael sits down with Blair Lewis to share what led him to Iraq shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the growing disillusionment he felt about the righteous high ground he once felt so certain in.

Michael's story has a redemptive arc as he searched for meaning in a world that felt increasingly meaningless.  Rather than abandon the faith he was raised with, Michael was able to transform the way he experienced God by adapting the perspective commonly known as Liberation Theology.