Out of a desire to see emerging adults embrace a life of significance has grown this pilgrimage into what constitutes a flourishing life. One of the key components, in my opinion, that enables a young person to succeed personally and professionally is the investment, the relational equity, they create with mentors, especially when intentionally seeking …
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Thermometer and Thermostat Singing
by Carrie Whaley, Retired Union University Professor I used to have a poster in my office with an African proverb on it that said, “The Spirit never descends without a song.” That is typically the case in my life. When God speaks to me, He will usually punctuate the message, either at the beginning or …
Why Is The Discussion of Death Often Taboo?
Imagine yourself on Saturday morning, January 13, 2018, at 8:07 a.m. You have just completed breakfast and have stepped into a small passenger bus for a driving tour of the Road to Hana on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The tour guide requests passengers switch their phones into airplane mode to prevent interference with …
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Beyond the Headlights
When I consider the way that God reveals the path of my life, it reminds me of the headlights on a car. When navigating the road in the dark, the headlights only illuminate what is directly ahead, not the entire route. Even if I have previewed a map or panned out on the Jeep’s GPS, …
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 …
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 …
Follow Where You’ve Been
Not confident enough of when this event specifically occurred to provide an exact age, I want to discuss my first experience mowing the lawn since it was memorable enough to share a lesson from that day. No, I didn’t cut down all of my mom’s irises (that was a neighbor, not me); and no, I …
Feed Your Ears
As a Christ follower for over 40 years, I admit to a bit of jealousy when stories are shared about encounters where a person audibly heard God speak to them; however, that jealously doesn’t remain long because to be honest, if I ever heard God aloud, I would be terrified. As a curious person, I …
Life Calling in Sports
Understanding that attending university is a time for emerging adults to explore their career options, I created this presentation as many sport management careers will not be high-profile jobs which exist in the limelight, yet this doesn't make those positions any less important. How can I, as a professor of these students, help them navigate …
Flourishing @ Life 