CHAPLAIN BLOG | The Truitt Center

19 hours ago

For Times That Are Not Pretty

“It’s not pretty.” I have heard and said this so many times lately. The complexity and uncertainty that we live with is taking a toll o...

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6 days ago

The Key to Wisdom

The great Sufi master Mullah Nasruddin was on his hands and knees searching for something under a streetlamp. A man saw him and asked, "W...

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Oct 20

Make This Your List

Recently, at the end of a day packed with zoom calls and other meetings, with little or no space between things, I came home and announce...

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Oct 13

Clear Minds and Pure Hearts

I was part of an online meditation, a few weeks ago, in which the presenter, Tommy Rosen, reminded us of a Sutra we need right now. One t...

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Oct 6

Shipwreck and Trapezes

I annually remind seniors that loss is part of change. I tell them that their commencement probably feels like flying through the air in...

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Sep 29

In Awe of Awful Days

Are you having awful days? I have heard people speak that way about 2020, about the world, about this semester. Awful. There is truth he...

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Sep 22

Find Something Old

What gives you perspective? As Covid numbers rise on campus, as giants of justice and progress—like John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—d...

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Sep 15

Upside-Down Faith

The story goes that when I was a toddler, my favorite view was to put my head between my feet and look at the world upside down. Apparen...

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Sep 8

Numbering Our Days

I am writing this on a Friday and have abruptly realized that, perhaps for the first time in my professional life, I count down to Frida...

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Sep 1

Filling in the Blanks

I am a certified trainer for Crucial Conversations a dialogue model for inviting all perspectives and input, especially around content wi...

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About the Chaplains

Elon's chaplains support students and faculty in the religious & spiritual lives and are available to members of the community as they have personal, social, spiritual, or institutional concerns or joys.