This past week an amazing opportunity was available to participate in the 2nd Global Congress on Sport and Christianity at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As God painted the campus with beautiful burgundy, gold, and tangerine leaves, I absorbed teachings from scholars, coaches, athletes, ministers, and administrators who view sport as not only a …
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In a previous post entitled Feed Your Ears, I address the issue of how terrified I would be if God audibly spoke to me; however, over the past 10 months, He has definitely tapped others to speak into my life. If you are not a Christ follower, you may view these experiences as coincidence, but …
Flourishing in life conjures up in my mind a sense of balance, of life rhythms of work and rest, of a healthy mind, body, and soul. Daily life along with a weekly schedule has a cadence and rhythm to it that allows the right balance of work, sleep, and pleasure. With a natural, unhurried pace, …
In efforts to bridge the gap between my generation and the emerging adults that are currently within my sphere of influence, I’ve immersed myself in great tomes of generational theory. The sport marketing course even contains a module on generational marketing since a sport organization’s fan base may extend over a broad range of age …
Traveling with Gen Z on two trips to Calgary this summer opened my eyes to an entirely new vocabulary. Spending quality time with emerging adults outside of the classroom and academic setting, one receives exposure to colloquial terms that you never knew existed. Feeling out of the loop and not following the conversation, my curiosity …
“Entitled” is a descriptor associated in a negative manner with the Millennial Generation and in a recent faculty workshop, the term was offered to illustrate Gen Z as well, but Ryan Jenkins offers another perspective on this concept when posed with the question from leaders, “Why do I have to change?” Jenkins replies, “…it signals …
Building relational capital is how Tommy Spaulding explains creating relational equity in his book entitled It’s Not Just Who You Know. With a wealth of information that I am sure to reference repeatedly in my own research, Spaulding exposes the reader to “relationship economics…how to define relationships that matter, how we can create relationships that …
Not confident enough of when this event specifically occurred to provide an exact age, I want to discuss my first experience mowing the lawn since it was memorable enough to share a lesson from that day. No, I didn’t cut down all of my mom’s irises (that was a neighbor, not me); and no, I …
Coming across a shared social media post by Marisa Boonstra, I was struck by the similarities between her perceptions on parenting and my thoughts on instructing emerging adults. It probably drew my eye even more because she used some of the key terms, such as cultivate and flourish, that have resonated again and again in …
Parents tell me that their kids are asking them far fewer questions than they used to ask their parents when they were growing up. There’s nothing scientific about this observation, but I tend to believe them. Why? Because kids today have a portable device. They can Google. They can YouTube. I loved the questions my…The One …
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