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SoulQuest

 Just about everything you do is observed by someone else.  Your supervisor, your co-workers, your family members, your professor, your students all are watching to see if you live up to their expectations.  It’s not hard at all to start living to those standards – attempting to conform your actions...

 I pray that the last few months have been a wonderful time of preparing for this new adventure as you begin a year of studies. I want you to know that I along with 14 other regional chaplains in SoulQuest stand ready to help you as you walk through this year. No...

The Haitian people are in deep need. Can you imagine if we simply said that “God’s grace will be enough for them” and left it at that? In a case like this we are compelled to become the expression of God’s grace – a touch, presence, a word, food, generosity....

The homeowner began his project. He was putting trim molding around the ceiling of his family room.  He had to measure and cut small pieces to fit around the large beams, corners, and angles of the room.  He began with one piece that fit just right into a small space...

You’ve probably heard the phrase a thousand times, “you never know!”  With all the variables that are at work surrounding your daily choices you may always wonder, “Is it right?” “Did I choose well?” – Whether you are deciding how to use your time, how to respond to your daughter...

It may be pouring rain at your house as you leave for work or school.  And it’s hard to believe that the sun is actually shining anywhere nearby.  But as you arrive at the campus or in your parking lot at work, you look around and suddenly realize that there...

I trust your week is beginning as beautifully as the weather!  Have you even noticed?  Don't miss it.  With all you have going on, you may be breathless just trying to keep up with your schedule -- work, kids, home, school, social life.  In it, you may find your mind...

It's easy to make resolutions that are full of good intentions for better behavior.  Goals, projects, and great ambitions.  Within a couple of months after New Year’s, though, they can become overloaded with the reality of daily living.  Don't be surprised if after a few weeks the luster of new...

Everybody is looking at you in some way -- what you are wearing, what you are doing, how you are speaking, how you interact with others, how you do your job, even what you eat.  Everything they think about you is based upon what they see.  There are two people,...

Moments of pause are often thought of as what follows a crisis.  Something dramatic happens and it "gives you pause." If often means something bad, or heart-stopping.  Mostly, though, it is a break, a diversion, a moment when you can center your thinking, your emotions, your spirit and be reminded...

When you began your academic program, you had some kind of goal in mind.  A new job, a promotion, a larger pay check or some intrinsic desire to know more or develop personally.  I suppose there are even some who simply like the idea of having letters after their name. ...

He went car shopping and found one that was absolutely cool!  And to make things even better, it was actually within reach financially.  From that point on for a few days he could think of nothing but that car, what it would be like to drive it, how it would...