If you didn’t read the title with a Gomer Pyle voice and if you are unaware of who he is, your life has been deprived. Please stop reading now, go to a search engine, and solve the mystery before you read any further. nytimes.com Continuing the theme from the last post entitled Surprise and Delight, …
Month: July 2020
Surprise and Delight
When was the last time you experienced the emotions of Surprise and Delight? Did you receive an unexpected gift from a friend? Were you the recipient of an act of kindness? Was there a hand-written note lying in your mailbox? Who went the extra mile to serve you in a manner that made you feel …
Audacious Imaginations
On a quest to navigate what constitutes a flourishing life, one should expect to find numerous resources related to success stories from the athletic world to the business realm; however, one surprise on this journey has been the number of authors who recommend not only considering a strategic plan for how to accomplish one’s goals, …
Walk a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes
In an ideal world, everyone would be willing to Walk a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes demonstrating a Habit of Awareness of Others in efforts to create a flourishing community. However, the reality is that most of us are more interested in our own perspective and having our own opinions supported than we are at …
Audience of One
When a phrase comes to your attention from three different sources all within a 24-hour period, it might be wise to pay attention! The phrase Audience of One appeared in a sermon podcast in the morning and two separate books on different topics in the afternoon. Discussing the Sermon on the Mount, Ortberg discusses how …
Dust of Your Rabbi
One of the characteristics I associate with accomplished writers is the ability to paint in my mind a picture of the scene they are describing, or it could be the turn of an unusual phrase that grabs my attention which is what occurred during the reading of John Ortberg’s God Is Closer Than You Think. …
Nothing But Crickets
Have you ever stood in front of a group of people, whether as the sage on the stage in a college classroom, as a small group leader, or as the supervisor in a business meeting and experienced that sinking feeling when you ask a question and no one says a word? That awkward silence continues, …
Skillful Teaching
In the Logos at Union University located on the second floor in the east end of the beautiful domed building is an area where the Center for Faculty Development places materials that might be of interest to our faculty. The only downside to visiting this space is that when my intention is to locate one …
Face Down in the Arena
Preferring action movies that incorporate history and a compelling story over the science fiction Marvel-esque films of today, one of my all-time favorites is the 2000 film Gladiator. Perhaps the attraction relates to the intriguing history of sport which compels me to reference the movie in the sports facilities’ class, not only to emphasize the …
Flourishing @ Life 