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fortune cookie
Today, I am enjoying the day of rest mostly from Army work. I woke up early this morning to drink some java, read Scripture, watch the Sunday morning news and finished reading Christianity Today magazine before church. At lunch, I went to a local restaurant called Jade Chinese enjoying a nice meal. As always, I broke open the fortune cookie and read a generic fortune which says, “Your hard work is about to pay off. … Continue reading
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Tagged strong bonds, afghanistan, army, Financial Peace University, chaplain, chaplaincy, coffee, chapel
Need Counseling?
Chaplains are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to provide spiritual care, supportive counseling and concern for Soldiers, family members and DA civilians well-being. There are many people in trouble these days, whether its financial problems, medical difficulties, emotional troubles, the loss of a job, the loss of a loved one, relationship challenges; including divorce, and spiritual questions. Many people today are struggling with problems that seem hopeless. Chaplains provide individual, couples, and … Continue reading
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Tagged chaplain, Family, counseling, pastoral counseling, soldiers, spiritual care, spiritual guidance
My Residence @820
The back story of my residence @820 is back in September 2010 I was laying in bed exhausted. The 57th Religious Support Team has been working 50-hours weekly from June to August 2010 creating a robust Command Master Religious Plan for FY2011, procuring resources for Strong Bonds retreats, preparing training curriculum for one year’s teaching of Singles’, Couples’ and Families’ Strong Bonds retreats, Chapel services, counseling Soldiers/Families, monthly Strong Bonds retreats and making relational connections with … Continue reading
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Tagged temple, prayer, apartment, army, chaplain, texas, Religious Support Team, Command Master Religious Program
thanking Chris Woodard, the FPU Military Advisor
STORY BEHIND today’s mugshot: Last week, I was excited to meet Chris Woodard in Nashville at the Financial Peace University (FPU) coaching conference. We had lunch together talking about cost of purchasing FPU kits. We spent a few moments on discussing ideas of how to implement the FPU class to the 57th Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs). I am hoping that if we train the NCOs that will give them the tools to have their finances more … Continue reading
Posted in Mug Shots
Tagged Financial Peace University, chaplain, chaplaincy, Finance, Dave Ramsey, afghanistan, army
7-financial baby steps
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
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Tagged money, Financial Peace University, bailout, chaplain, obama, chaplaincy, credit cards, cheney, maxed out, Finance, greed, bush, global, banking, government, army, imf, interest, financial, lending
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 proverbs, Family, Debt, Deficit, Marriage, Dave Ramsey, army, Divorce, Financial Peace University, Nashville, chaplain, chaplaincy, Finance
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 chaplaincy, pregreancy, spirituality, airport, faith, army, chaplain
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 jeremiah 1.5, infp, personality, cornelius, body of christ, starbucks, church, vocation, army, persona, chaplain, joseph, daniel, calling
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 army, chaplain, coffee, slovac, czech, Nissan Altima Coupe, hospitality
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
