If you were asked today to name an experience in your life that you would define as a peak moment, what occurrence would you share? Let’s consider the opposite end of the spectrum and name a moment you would describe as being in a pit. Lastly, take a second to recall a time where you …
Category: Flourishing
Moment of Impact
Where do you store your memories? Are they only located in the deep recesses of your mind or is there a location in your home where trinkets, ticket stubs, and photographs are carefully stored in a personal treasure chest? What criteria did you use to keep only those specific items when you probably had a …
Defining Moments
Initiating a pilgrimage into what constitutes a flourishing life in efforts to engage and equip emerging generations, I am continually astonished at the various paths this journey is taking. Looking back over the past year of researching Gen Z, identifying the role of mentoring and the importance of creating relational equity, I never dreamed that …
Continuous Partial Attention
Heeding the advice of authors Koulopoulos and Keldsen in The Gen Z Effect, I am making an intentional choice to be a part of Gen Z although I was not born into it. If we are to bridge the generational gaps in the modern, multigenerational organizational culture, some effort from all members will need to …
What's Your Word?
For readers who may not presently be engaged on any social media sites, you may be unfamiliar with the trending pop-up advertisements inquiring, “What’s Your Word?” The basic premise is that a customer can purchase a bracelet, necklace, key chain or other novelty where a special word is engraved onto a metal ring, then the …
Abracadabra!
“Watching a skilled magician at work is an exercise in awe. Try as we might to see through the sleight-of-hand and illusions taking place before our very eyes, we come away amused, amazed, and astonished…It makes us smile. It makes us shake our heads. It makes us wonder. And it leaves us with a feeling …
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 …
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 …
Flourishing @ Life 