Employees experiencing financial stress waste 240 hours a year dealing with personal money matters while on the job. Do you feel maxed out on debt? Are you wondering if you will ever climb out of the pit of debt? Are you stressed to the max worrying about your finances? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsrA6AfS8UE[/youtube] Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders as an independent feature length documentary film and book that chronicles abusive practices … Continue reading
7-financial baby steps
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Tagged Finance, greed, bush, global, banking, government, army, imf, interest, financial, lending, money, Financial Peace University, bailout, chaplain, obama, chaplaincy, credit cards, cheney, maxed out
financial deficit
Early this morning, I rolled out of bed, made coffee, took a shower and got dress and had a brief God time of reading the Sacred story. Then gathered some last minute items and place them in the suitcase. And then headed to the airport to fly to Nashville for a Financial Peace University Coaching training (For more information, click here). For those joining in this conversation, I am an Army Chaplain. And one job … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Ramsey, army, Divorce, Financial Peace University, Nashville, chaplain, chaplaincy, Finance, proverbs, Family, Debt, Deficit, Marriage
waiting @GRK airport
Sitting here waiting at GRK airport enjoying FREE Wi-Fi, and of course, a tall cup of Starbucks coffee. Here I am sitting in the mist of a crowd of diverse people and wondering what are their stories. Right now, I am looking at a young, white pregeant lady admiring her as she rubs her belly connecting to her new life growing within her. The acts of beauty of another. Other people are being considerate as … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, army, chaplain, chaplaincy, pregreancy, spirituality, airport
warrior-monk persona
Have you ever wondered the reason you were born in this world? What is your purpose? What persona do we act out in this stage of life that we find ourselves in? How does your God envisioned you? Have you ever figured out how to describe your uniqueness? And more importantly, have you accepted who you are and where you are going? Sitting at Starbucks down the street from church and I have a few … Continue reading
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Tagged church, vocation, army, persona, chaplain, joseph, daniel, calling, jeremiah 1.5, infp, personality, cornelius, body of christ, starbucks
the Czech
Sometimes in our life’s journey we come across people of diverse opinions and ethnic backgrounds and political persuasions. And yet, what if we looked for ways of joining and strengthening. Instead of swords crossed, what if our swords joined to accomplish something together? What if, we dared to have the moral courage to set aside our sparring words to join in a greater cause outside of our individuals selves? What if? Last Sunday afternoon, I … Continue reading
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Tagged slovac, czech, Nissan Altima Coupe, hospitality, army, chaplain, coffee
Command Master Religious Program
Every year the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB) Religious Support Team (RST) proposes the Command Master Religious Program (CMRP) to the Battalion Commander for review, guidance and approval. The 57th ESB is about 500-Soldiers (with an additional 500+ Family members). And so, it is important to develop a robust, creative program. It takes numerous hours of research of regulations, operational goals, budget constraints and unit-specific stressors. After gathering the data and feedback from Staff and … Continue reading
the javaXperience
Here I am sipping on a Caffe Americano and sitting among the Belton crowd @Texas Java coffeehouse. Texas Java is a nice, friendly-family atmosphere where mostly teenagers and young adults hang out. Their coffee is fair. The food selection is nominal because they only offer bakery, ice cream and other sugar goodies. An appeal to their audience, but talking to the boss man the other day brought hope that a more fuller food menu is … Continue reading
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Cornelius, Sohei & my Army Chaplaincy call
A Modern-Day Cornelius Story of a Chaplain serving Soldiers (Acts 10). Welcome, I wanted to take a few minutes to explain my Army Chaplaincy call… About ten years ago, I read the story of Cornelius. This ancient story inspired me and is the vision of my Army Chaplain’s service in the world we live in. This story begins with an Italian Captain or Centurion, named Cornelius who is an outsider to the early Jewish-Christian community. And … Continue reading
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Tagged missionary, acts 10, mission, army, chaplain, chaplaincy, cornelius, vocation, sohei
