Category Archives: From the Chaplain’s Desk

COLLEGE PARK, MD – We know we should have an affinity for Ramadan. We shouldn’t dread it and try to take a Ramadan epidural to just get through it. We want to feel it and develop a genuine relationship of love with the holy month. For me, running around ragged trying to check off worshipContinue reading “Fall in Love This Ramadan”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A blessed Ramadan to you all. May we all meet the month, see it through and be counted amongst the successful. Amen. This time of year is a good opportunity to address unproductive and unhealthy aspects of our lives. I’d like to highlight illness in particular in this post. All ofContinue reading “Our Very Own Opioid Crisis”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – I would say any person of serious faith in present times can be deemed countercultural in one way or another. Going against the grain to any degree can be very difficult at times – especially in the beginning. A pitfall many countercultural individuals can fall into if they don’t realistically assessContinue reading “Organization or Occupation?”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Pushing has been our theme for the last few weeks. Specifically, it has been regarding pushing the right amount and continuing to do so in the face of fear and anxiety.   I would like to add to that theme the element of responsibly pushing.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Recently, we discussed the discomfort of pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zones. That discussion entailed a few words on pushing the right amount – getting the sweet spot between overextending ourselves and resting on our laurels. Continuing along the subject of appropriate discomfort, is the reality that we will alsoContinue reading “Keep Pushing”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – An essential part of being the kind of person many of us want to be is to become gentler in our speech. A common stumbling block to this is not grasping that others do not have the power to control our actions. It is, indeed, extremely difficult to be gentle withContinue reading “A Way To Be More Gentle”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Improving our lives entails discomfort. Improvement can be tricky to realize, however, and just being uncomfortable is not a sign that improvement is on the horizon.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The other day, I ran across an interesting post. In it, Melissa Urban, of Whole30 fame, summarized a talk she attended by psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula.   I wanted to share her thoughts with you all as I believe people with a God-centric worldview must be very clear about this concept inContinue reading “Dealing With Narcissists”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Last weekend, I had the great fortune to deliver a parenting seminar at the Islamic Society of Frederick (MD). This is a topic of the utmost importance and one that usually leaves me recalling the words of the late poet Kahlil Gibran.In his famous poem “On Children,” Kahlil Gibran starts withContinue reading “Your Children Are Not Your Children”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – God has portioned out a certain lot for each one of us in this life.   Superficially and as far as we can see with the worldly eye, some have it better than us and we have it better than some others. The reality of God’s wisdom in His portioning is aContinue reading “Don't Fall Prey to This Trick”