“Well done, my good and faithful servant!” Don’t you desperately yearn to hear those words from Matthew 25 spoken over you as you enter into the Savior’s presence when your time on this earth is complete? As you walk into the Open Arms of the One who sacrificed it all, you are enveloped into a …
Author: Julie Powell, Ed.D.
With over 30 years in higher education, I have a passion for seeing people, not only succeed at life, but to flourish in their God-given space personally, professionally, and spiritually.
Bean-Eatin’ Appointment
“You and me, Partner. We meet center of town, high noon.” As a fan of movies and television shows set in the wild west, I’ve heard some variation of this phrase thousands of times, but I must admit that the latest GEICO commercial caught me by surprise with its application to our modern culture that …
Meh
Okay…so-so…average…good…fair-to-middling…each of these synonyms, whichever you choose, expresses roughly the same idea, but what if there was a word that captured a deeper, truer meaning, especially when spoken? It’s simple for us to say “Okay” (we even have an emoji and hand signals), but the crisp syllables of those letters fail to express the same …
Feeling Entitled
“I’m just so frustrated with this current generation, they seem to Feel Entitled to what has taken me years to earn!” If someone would consider paying me a stipend each time this comment, or some version of it, is uttered during my generational presentations, I might be able to afford a nice trip to the …
Use and Eliminate
In wellness education we are often required to discuss topics that most people would prefer to avoid in conversation. Even though we are all very aware that there are physiological processes necessary for proper maintenance of the physical body, such as metabolism and digestion, they just aren’t typically going to find themselves at the top …
River We
In exploring the behaviors necessary to cultivate the Habits of a Flourishing Life, I find myself being extremely cautious about how much emphasis is placed on the self-reflective tasks necessary to engage in a Habit of Awareness. And yet, I firmly believe that for true transformation to occur, for us to become Christlike, we must …
Odometer Reading
Climbing into the Jeep on my way to West Jackson one recent Sunday morning, my eyes glanced across the dashboard as I placed the car in gear and took notice of the Odometer Reading, probably because it was a nice, even, rounded-off number: 14, 200. I like nice, even numbers; so much so, I almost …
Just Walk
“Ten thousand steps. Roughly, that’s the distance you travel sunrise to sunset, each and every day of your life. It adds up to about 115,000 miles in a lifetime—or more than four times around this big blue planet of ours. With that said, just one question: Are you using your steps wisely?” This challenge comes …
Soup Question
As the result of a friend quoting lines during a recent conversation and his encouragement to revisit a twenty-year-old movie, the educator in me not only found renewed energy to face the upcoming semester, but additionally discovered applications to an ongoing interest in the concept of Appreciative Inquiry and the struggle with students asking Lazy …
Follow Through
In the 35 years since I began viewing the game of basketball as a Bench Warmer and my time as a physical educator, I have lost count the number of times the phrase “Follow Through” has been uttered in my presence by coaches, fans in the stands, and those of us occupying seats on the …
Flourishing @ Life 