From the Chaplain's Desk

Building Capacity for Piety

July 8, 2018 by CMLMD Admin

COLLEGE PARK, MD –

We’ve been on the topic of filial piety for a few weeks now. Given the importance of getting this aspect of life correct, that seems fitting.

Last week, we left off on the note that we must edify our family structures and give our children an emotional home to fit into.

Without doing so, filial piety will consist of token gestures at best. The fulfillment of parental needs will go unaddressed and families will wither away.

They may disintegrate completely or remain in a ceremonial function – either way, real homes consisting of people who invest in each other will not be the case.

Family structures with defined roles and expectations are necessary for real homes to exist – homes in which a mutually beneficial symbiosis exists between parents and children that makes filial piety something natural and achievable.

A Place to Call Home

July 1, 2018 by CMLMD Admin

COLLEGE PARK, MD –

Achieving filial piety is a lofty goal. It always has been and always will be. It has never been easy.

That achievement is a product of not just children’s piety, but of their parents’ proficiency at building capacity – capacity for their heirs to flourish.

It is a two-way street. [Read more…] about A Place to Call Home

Fill Roles or Open Holes

June 24, 2018 by CMLMD Admin

COLLEGE PARK, MD –

Last week we searched for where to find family success.

There are some important follow-up points related to the topic. Let’s pick up right where we left off.

Where to Find Family Success

June 17, 2018 by CMLMD Admin

CHICAGO, IL –

Happy Eid to all our dear readers! Congratulations on completing the month of Ramadan.

God accept all your works. Amen.

On these days of Eid, many of us spend much time with family, and deservedly so. They are our lifeblood and cornerstones. Getting family right is of paramount importance to our well-being in both worlds.

And getting family right starts with our parents.
[Read more…] about Where to Find Family Success

Let’s Talk ROI

June 10, 2018 by CMLMD Admin

COLLEGE PARK, MD –

ROI is an acronym for return on investment.

In the investing world, this is what it is all about. There is no point in investing if one gets no return on their investment.

Here lies a huge issue for the person who does not understand the ‘return’ part of return on investment properly.

[Read more…] about Let’s Talk ROI

Between Ramadone and Ramadine

June 3, 2018 by CMLMD Admin

COLLEGE PARK, MD –

This ever-blessed time of the year is on the back leg. Our opportunities to taste the healing fruits our friend visits us bearing are diminishing.

Where are we in our commitment to that healing?

Are we not committed? Do we vacillate between wishing Ramadan was over by daylight, and dining the rest of the day away by night?

Are we taking on the immense opportunity and challenge presented by Ramadan, or taking the easy way out and just passing the time?