Intern Erin Burnett shares reflections on maritime chaplaincy and the importance of ditty bags

This January, I got to travel to the Philippines for two weeks as part of an exchange project through the US Department of State.

We received a tip about a month ago from our local ITF representative that something wasn’t right onboard the Wycliffe tugboat.

AP News just released a comprehensive report on the issue of ship abandonment, which has been sadly increasing over the past several...