When a new concept is introduced, I find it helpful when a framework for understanding is shared as well. In education, discussions are likely to use the term “scaffolding” where a teacher builds upon existing knowledge in order to deepen or increase a student’s understanding of an idea. In the undergraduate days at Union decades …
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Flourishing in the Mundane and the Monotonous
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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Five Floors of Relationships
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 …
Flourishing @ Life 