The February 19 chapel began with the songs of praise “Trading My Sorrows” and “Son of God.” After the event was announced, the first of two speakers, LaMoine Tatum, took to the podium with her poem. The poem described how she was steeped in sin and pretended to be a devout Christian, then went into detail about how she felt alienated by the way He was able to see all of her, even her flaws. She then became pregnant following an affair with a man she wasn't very much in love with, and the trauma of her subsequent miscarriage threw her into an identity crisis, where she truly found a connection with God. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay After a short prayer (so short, in fact, that I couldn't make out what it was about) the second speaker, Bruce Tate, came to the podium and began his story. His life began inadvertently when his mother was 15, and like other speakers at the time, his family attended church a lot. This initial lifestyle later helped to dispel doubts about religious commitment. Before that, his faith wasn't always his first priority. In middle school, he struggled to stay faithful to his church, as it had less influence in his daily life at that point, and he still didn't know how to reach it. In high school, however, there were a large number of religious-based activities, and his joining the choir helped rebuild his connection to the church. It was about this time that an elder gave him a piece of wisdom: "Your relationship with God is your own. You don't need to do as others do." The flurry of activity and worry brought by the transition to college once again led him astray, most of that activity and worry being caused by football. During his second summer, he returned to his hometown to reconnect with his friends and, apparently, even God. One of the activities that summer was a canoe trip down a local river. As the journey progressed, the group gathered more people and friends. One day of the trip the group was near a sea cliff and they were all cliff diving. Jerry, a longtime mentor and friend of Bruce's, went for a dive and the shock of the landing knocked the man out, causing him to drown. The sudden loss of someone during a happy activity put the group in shock and made Bruce realize that tomorrow is not always promised. With this in mind, he was more aware than ever of his need to be faithful to God and once and for all pledged his life to the Lord. Upon his return to the University of Ottawa, he joined the basketball team and was subsequently cut. During the discussion that followed such an event, Bruce brought up to his coach the fact that Bruce wanted to become a coach himself. A short time later, Bruce received a call from his former coach, informing him of an opportunity to become an assistant coach for someone on campus. This assistant job has since evolved into his full coaching. He then took a moment in this soliloquy to reflect on how he had a slum-like childhood home, and was able to move out of that. He concluded his speech with three lessons. The first of these is that if you trust the machines around you to do their job, then there is no reason why you can't trust God to do His. The second is that life presents many challenges and that if you face them with all your strength, your life will improve. Finally, he taught that you have to be patient to meet your perfect life partner, the.