Category Archives: From the Chaplain’s Desk

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A large part of my vocation is to sit down with people and listen to their experiences.   Listening isn’t enough, though. Engagement

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A lot of people want what they want.Most also want happiness. The problem with that is, generally, the two cannot coexist. We can be happy or we can have what we want. Only if we conform our wants with reality can we have both.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Last week, we discussed a particular type of person – peaceful warriors. Peaceful warriors are rare in part because of the balance they achieve in a number of tricky aspects of life. One of those is knowing the difference between being hurt and injured. This is a common idea in theContinue reading “Hurt or Injured?”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Dan Millman described an interesting type of person in his bestseller Way of the Peaceful Warrior. As the title implies, that type of person is a peaceful warrior. We can all read the book to get Millman’s take on peaceful warriors, but I’ll share my take in this week’s column.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Some time ago, we discussed the desire we all share to be happy.   In short, the key to attaining happiness is to live with gratitude. My opinion is that gratitude is the manifestation of attentiveness towards God. That sounds simple enough. In practice, however, we all ebb and flow in ourContinue reading “Activate Your Happy State”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Let’s define the term ‘status quo.’ It usually has a negative connotation, but, by definition, it simply means the current state of affairs. For the purposes of this post, I am working off the connotation. Overall, I would say the existing state of affairs in our human world is governed byContinue reading “The Path to Empowerment”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Selfishness is human nature. Often, we are told we must fight this nature. That’s not necessarily wrong, but I think there’s a way to automate that process.   It all resides in alignment of principles. If we believe our benefit lies in money, power, respect – a belief many of our elders have beenContinue reading “Why I'm Selfish”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – After praising God, I’d like to extend my gratitude to all those who contributed to making our first official year of operation as well as our 2nd annual fundraiser resounding successes. I very much appreciate the generous show of support last night despite the snowy conditions. Whether you are a staffContinue reading “What's the Point of All This?”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Earlier this year we discussed getting a life. This week I’d like to revisit this idea and expand upon it for there are some important points to note when grappling with life and living. First off, existing without living is a stale mode of making it through the worldly realm. SpiritualContinue reading “Ready to Start Living?”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – It is easy for us to fall into a malaise of boredom – boredom that can corner you when you least expect it and convince you there is no way out. Here I do not mean boredom as having a lack of motions to go through. By that account, we mayContinue reading “Feeling Stale? Liven Things Up…”