John G. Goodman II

John G. Goodman II Anglican priest. Texas prosecutor. Proud native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Thinking through faith, justice, and the common good — in that order and all at once.

05/28/2026

On it. Grateful for the confidence.

Cast my last ballot as a Texas resident today. Come November, I’ll be casting one of them there swing state ballots agai...
05/26/2026

Cast my last ballot as a Texas resident today. Come November, I’ll be casting one of them there swing state ballots again…

Before the day is done, I want to publicly honor my uncle this Memorial Day.I never met Uncle Henny. He gave his life at...
05/26/2026

Before the day is done, I want to publicly honor my uncle this Memorial Day.

I never met Uncle Henny. He gave his life at 18, more than 20 years before I was born. He left behind a grieving mother, father, and my mother who was 8 at the time. His younger brothers enlisted to follow.

We had a plaque on the wall in his memory growing up, and Uncle Henny became the familiar icon in my young heart of what it looks like when we say, “Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” I joined the Navy at 23 in part because I was lucky enough to be raised in a family that honors military service. My mother always spoke so glowingly of him. Seeing him in his uniform. How proud our little area was of him. How they honored him when he died.

Uncle Henny didn’t just lay down his life for friends, but for strangers. It’s what his country asked of him. Many more would do the same over the ten years that followed.

I don’t think we can fathom how different our country might have been had our nation not gotten into Vietnam. All the same, he didn’t give his life for “nothing.” Whatever the reasons in Washington, they weren’t his reasons. Like so many young Americans these last 250 years, he gave his life for an idea. He died too young, but there are far less honorable ways to die than laying down one’s life for the freedom of others.

May perpetual light shine upon Uncle Henny and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

"On duty and sacrifice and raising children, I would trust the parents of the valedictorian far more than I would trust ...
05/24/2026

"On duty and sacrifice and raising children, I would trust the parents of the valedictorian far more than I would trust the educational system that handed both young women the microphone." Full essay link in comments.

What does the waiting church receive? How can Christians wait well? And what is God doing suddenly bringing all these pe...
05/17/2026

What does the waiting church receive? How can Christians wait well? And what is God doing suddenly bringing all these people to St. John Chrysostom Anglican Church just as I’m getting ready to move back home to Pennsylvania? 🤔

05/15/2026

Miller had to check in on his brother from another mother.
I could never describe the joy these two give me. My “big boy” and my “little man.”

I said in October 2025 I wasn't ready to explain why I left the Anglican Church in North America. I reserved the possibi...
05/13/2026

I said in October 2025 I wasn't ready to explain why I left the Anglican Church in North America. I reserved the possibility of doing so later. Now is later — and a diocese I left elects a new bishop on Saturday. Link in comments.

05/10/2026

Mother’s Day announcement: I’m coming home to the land of my mother and my mother’s mother.

It took a few years, but my mother’s final resting place in Beaver Falls finally has a headstone. It’s perfect and just ...
05/09/2026

It took a few years, but my mother’s final resting place in Beaver Falls finally has a headstone. It’s perfect and just in time for Mother’s Day. I miss her every day. The stone was worth the wait.

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