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You’re Here; Now What? – Part 1
Life consists of a series of changes and with each change comes a season of adjustment.
Life consists of a series of changes and with each change comes a season of adjustment. Your transition to Baylor University is no exception. Having already modified your routine to accommodate the differences between high school schedules and the timetables of college classes, and perhaps experiencing the nuances of living away from home for the first time, you probably feel that you are well accustomed to the challenges that higher education presents. Still, you now find you are faced with a host of new elements to which you must acclimate yourself at Baylor University.
You are no doubt prepared to learn a different set of policies and procedures, adjust your earned credit to altered degree requirements, and conform to new expectations. But have you considered the subtler aspects of the new surroundings that will impact your lifestyle? The success you have in your new educational setting may very well depend more on your perspective than upon the campus, your instructors, or the intellectual level of your studies. Success is manifested in several areas of life and you will find that these areas are thoroughly integrated with one another. Struggles in one area will affect the others. Your academic, social, psychological, physical, and spiritual lives are interwoven and it is within that tapestry that you will find your sense of self and a purpose for all you do. We at Baylor are committed to helping you build on your strengths, abilities, and interests so that you can fulfill your potential and discover the great passion of your life. There are specific resources available to promote your adjustment to the new influences on each of these areas of your existence.
In Between – Reflection Week 2 – Real Time
Time. Your time. My time.
Downtime. Long time. Short time.
Crunch time. Quick time. Real time.
Passing time. Making time. Doing time.
Daytime. Any time. Every time.
Pastime. Peacetime. Part-time
Mean time.
Old time.
Once upon a time.
Managing time.
Can you… manage time? You can, in a way. You can waste it, spend it, relish it, structure it, count it, endure it, schedule it, and in some ways… manage it. It’s common sense really. A college student without a calendar won’t be a college student come next semester. MANAGE YOUR TIME… as best you can.
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“In Between” – Reflection Week 1 – The Sacrament of Involvement
Do you know what a sacrament is? If you don’t know, ask your Catholic friends to explain it to you. Hopefully, you’ll hear them talk about means of grace… ways in which God seems to come to us, bless us, form us, and heal us. There are sacraments in the Church… a few holy and blessed things lifted up as holy and blessed things.
But these few things, holy and blessed, are a signal to us about how holy and blessed all things are. We lift up a few sacramental things so that we might see that all creation is sacramental. “Christ plays in ten thousand places,” as Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, reminding us that our faith is all about God in what can be seen and heard and handled. Christianity is incarnational… it’s a religion where the Divine gets involved.