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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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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

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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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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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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

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