Recently, a friend and fellow sport professional, recommended the book entitled Humble Inquiry by Edgar Schein to me. Although the initial approach to this volume was an effort to offer guidance for emerging adults as they prepare for a professional career in sport, the lessons offered within are valuable to everyone in any setting and …
Category: Relational Equity
A Listening Life
Meandering a little further down the road in this journey to define and explain relational equity, we discover a second destination in the book entitled The Listening Life by Adam McHugh where he discusses the importance of “assuming the listening posture of a servant. We speak volumes, but we listen in snippets.” Similar to the …
Others-Centered in a Self-Centered World
Listen, Love, Repeat Relishing the reading of many great authors in the journey to define and explain relational equity and its importance to personal and professional success, some reoccurring themes have emerged over the last few months. Previously under the impression that it might be worthwhile to blend these thoughts into one summary post, I …
Whistles and Watches
If I were to pose the question to this audience about what images your mind conjures up when you think of starting a new school year, it is doubtful that the answer would be a stopwatch or a coach’s whistle; however, as a physical educator, these can be essential tools for managing the classroom environment. …
Think Crockpot Not Microwave
Anyone else find it interesting the way the human mind will narrow its focus and see things that existed all along, but until it was on your radar, you were unaware? Take an automobile for instance, there have probably been hundreds of white Ford Explorers in my town, but until I owned one, they went …
Controlled Floundering
Controlled floundering is a term that I latched onto years ago because it conjures for me the image of students grappling with a new concept or skill that doesn’t come naturally for them. Well, this past week I was reminded of what floundering means as I began a new semester with what seemed like error …
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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Respectfully Mystified
In a previous post entitled Feed Your Ears, I address the issue of how terrified I would be if God audibly spoke to me; however, over the past 10 months, He has definitely tapped others to speak into my life. If you are not a Christ follower, you may view these experiences as coincidence, but …
Sabbath, Shabbat, Shalom
Flourishing in life conjures up in my mind a sense of balance, of life rhythms of work and rest, of a healthy mind, body, and soul. Daily life along with a weekly schedule has a cadence and rhythm to it that allows the right balance of work, sleep, and pleasure. With a natural, unhurried pace, …
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 