What does that mean?!? I seem to be asking this question more and more often these days. Perhaps this is connected to the fact that I seem to keep adding years to my chronological age, which means I’m becoming disconnected from the jargon and lingo younger generations are using. Regardless of the why I must …
Category: Emerging Generations
Unrealistic Expectations
Imagine scanning social media one morning and coming across the headline Jones Steps Down as Sports Information Director. Not necessarily an attention-grabber for most readers, but this press release was being shared by respected colleagues in the field of what is currently known as athletic communications, mostly in efforts to draw attention to the Unrealistic …
Stay Interviews
In my opinion, one of the most intriguing questions that can be asked in the process of Appreciative Inquiry is “What does a great day look like for you?” When it’s posed to coaches applying for a position in the athletic department, it can serve as a gauge for how relational their leadership style is …
Sweet Spot
The new tennis rackets are lighter, stronger, and have a bigger Sweet Spot. The pitcher grooved a fastball right into the Sweet Spot of the DH, resulting in a massive grand slam! In the sports world it is not uncommon to hear an athlete or coach speak of this magical space that allows an athlete …
Devaluing the Past
For the 10 years I was blessed to be a Creative Memories Consultant, one of the worthwhile benefits of this endeavor was to hear people’s stories. It is inevitable that sifting through photographs for placement on a scrapbook page, I would be regaled with the narrative behind the photo, or the person, or the experience. …
Siri in the Sky
Santa Claus relationship, vending-machine view, tech-support request—these are three of the latest descriptors I find personally challenging when asked to consider how I approach the spiritual discipline of prayer. This thought-provoking encounter is not dissimilar to the experience with reading Scripture that I share in the post entitled Stay or Go after reading Jen Wilkin’s …
Buried Pipes
Perhaps today’s concern arises out of the fact that as days go by, I am finding myself more and more often as one of the older people in the room. Yes, I am fully aware that I am not in my twenties anymore but spending the majority of the day immersed with Emerging Generations, there …
Wrestling Coach
Academic people intimidate me. Yes, I comprehend the irony of that statement but it’s also accurate. To prove this statement even further, I will confess a true event: I once returned the book provided for a faculty dialogue group because I didn’t understand it! Fortunately, this has only happened once and the opportunity to converse …
Hebrides
One week ago, I was sitting in a church in Huntsville, Alabama, at a women’s conference when the speaker asked the audience if we’d ever heard of the Hebrides Revival [ˈhebrədēz]. Today, sitting in chapel, when the pastor mentioned the Hebrides, I thought I knew the story he was about to share with us, yet …
Flourishing @ Life 