Chaplain Colonel Khallid Shabazz, PhD is the United States Army’s first division level Muslim chaplain in May, 2017. Shabbaz is one of only five Muslim chaplains in the U.S. Army. Shabazz brings 17 years of experience working with military adult learners that includes active duty soldiers, their spouses and family, and Department of Defense civilians, and more. Shabazz shares his inspiring and moving story of personal formation, and he asks us to seek the same deep awareness from others who we also require from ourselves.
CENTERING WISDOM
Reflection: How does the culture you grow up in shape your mindset? How does these mindsets create different responses to difficult times in one’s life?
Reflection: How do you shift your perspective so things around you change? What are some intentional ways people shift themselves so that their environments shift?
Activity: Write a reflection on how your cultural and environment shaped your perspective, and how these perspectives change as you grow older.