If you pose a question like, “What are your thoughts on the current college transfer rules?” you’re almost guaranteed to spark a lively debate about the state of intercollegiate athletics—especially on a campus where nearly 80 percent of students are athletes. Teach in a sport-related discipline, and the intensity rises: not only are most students …
Category: Spiritual Life
Weaving Threads
Does anyone else have an unfinished project tucked away at home? Perhaps it was a venture into woodworking, sewing, scrapbooking, or painting—now sitting quietly, reminding you of the Habit of Resilience you didn’t quite embrace to finish what you started. As I placed Christmas decorations around the house this week, I stumbled upon a framed …
Not an Expert
Yazoo, Mississippi—If reading those words fails to bring to your mind a rich southern drawl sharing the stories of Marcel Ledbetter and coon hunting, then you did not have the same rich childhood that I did growing up in the 1970s. But guess what? You do not have to miss out, because you can Just …
Appreciative Examen
Are you a math person or a language person? Perhaps, like me, you might rate yourself somewhere in between, similar to what is described in a previous post about being a Lark, Owl or Third Bird. Providing information in a numerical format seems easier for me to remember, but words also matter. Ask me to …
Come Jesus Come
When do you become aware of just how selfish humans can be? When do you feel convicted of your own personal selfishness? Has a moment ever struck you—perhaps even while praying—when you realized you placed your own desires above what’s best for others? If I’m honest, this realization probably happens more often than I consciously …
Restored Breath
Name one aspect of human life that you are currently taking for granted? If someone posed that question to you right now as you read this post, how would you respond? Might your answer be that we are not self-made people as I describe in the post Belly Button? Or for those who are entering …
Transplanted
One of the charming aspects of being an academic is that you are often surrounded by experts in a variety of fields and disciplines from healthcare to soil science! Like others on campus, I can be guilty of gushing about subjects I find intriguing, whether that involves the dimensions of wellness, Unreasonable Hospitality, or Appreciative …
Turn My Eyes
Do you happen to have a favorite song that the lyrics just speak to you, no matter what version or style that it happens to be performed in? Keep considering that song and I’d be truly delighted if you shared the title in the comments below or chose to share it with me personally in …
Less of Me
Anyone else experience moments in life when words or ideas just pierce your heart? And it recurs again and again when all you desire is for it to truly be resolved. To truly come to an end, and instead, every speaker, every book, every Scripture, every quote just brings it back up like the pepperoni …
Missed Parties
I didn’t deserve that! Has there ever been a time when these words dripped from your mouth? Or at least crossed your mind? Something as insignificant as being cut off in traffic—I didn’t deserve that! Who do they think they are? Or perhaps, after a broken relationship or dream has come crashing down all around …
Flourishing @ Life 