“We are all dying batteries.” Aren’t those the exact words you wanted to read this morning to start your day on a positive note? To be reminded that you are dying, that you are finite, that you have fewer days left in your life than ever? It’s not a fascination with morbidity that has me …
Category: Relational Equity
Bathrobes and Towels
Honestly, it’s not a frequent occurrence for thoughts of Bathrobes and Towels to arise while contemplating Scripture, unless, of course, you visualize the numerous childhood nativity scenes where these two garments are essential props for depicting the fashion of the first century. Clad in a parent’s bathrobe and a towel on the head, children do …
Yearbook Lessons
In that photograph, the person is facing left, so please be sure to place that one on the right side of the page so your eye travels to the gutter. Perhaps only someone schooled in Yearbook Lessons can make sense of those guidelines, but personally, that particular tidbit has arisen too many times in my …
I Quit
Dear University President, I Quit…those words appear on a sheet of paper rolling upward from an old manual green typewriter on the front cover of a workbook created by Jeffrey L. Buller for ATLAS leadership training which addresses the Great Resignation that is currently being experienced in higher education. In the following pages, Buller shares …
Still Learning
“I haven’t learned that yet” is a phrase that I’m choosing to embrace as an idea of Still Learning because I believe it has practical applications to all five Habits of a Flourishing Life. Shauna Niequist wrote down this sentence after an experience with her sons as they were navigating a move from the Midwest …
Noticing
Who in your life has a unique gift of Noticing? This terminology arose this week during a conversation about Forest Bathing and our attempts to capture what it means to be deeply aware, not only of our amazing creation, but of the Creator Himself. What one word might capture the magnitude that the Power of …
God-Given Space
Although I’ve mentioned my word-nerdiness in posts like Disrobing and Forest Bathing, I continue to be astonished when someone communicates an idea or concept that really resonates; it articulates accurately an impression that I’ve failed to convey with other words. And these moments truly leave me Respectfully Mystified when that theme is repeated from another …
Be Interruptable
Thank you, Bob Goff, for freeing us introverted, solitude-seeking, task-oriented, phone-on-silent members of society to not be as available to others as you are; And Yet, you do not let us off the hook for being held accountable to remember the Power of Presence to those Image Bearers who are right in front of us. …
Holding Hands
One of the most endearing expressions of affection, at least in my mind, is to witness two people caring for each other with the outward demonstration of Holding Hands. Whether the interaction is between a child and adult or between a long-time married couple, there is something heartwarming about witnessing this human connection between two …
Stickiness
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of stepping into a large wad of gum on the sidewalk that has been sufficiently warmed by the sun, you have a wealth of experience with today’s topic: Stickiness. Or perhaps, your sticky situations have come as a result of a dining experience including pancakes (even being conservative, the …
Flourishing @ Life 