Have you ever experienced one of those flashes when you instinctively knew an opportunity had just been squandered for a potential significant or transformational moment? When that happens, which is frequently for me, I sound like Swiper from Dora the Explorer (sorry Pastor Levi), with an immediate “Awh, man!” (Click here if you need to …
When Was the Last Time You Tinkered?
Growing up, I tinkered… whether it was crafting a spaceship with my red, green, and blue Legos for my Star Wars figurines to travel to other galaxies or converting a cardboard box into a palatial Barbie mansion with paint, fabric, and glue, I enjoyed the process of making something with my hands. As I turned …
Feeling the Zip and Hearing the Click
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 …
Relational Equity through EDGE Mentoring
by Jennifer Graves, Director of the Union EDGE Program “Mentoring is a relational experience through which one person empowers another by sharing God-given resources.” Dr. Robert Clinton Seth and Jennifer The Union EDGE Program is a two-year program that allows young adults with intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) to have a college experience. These …
Flying Solo
Would you be impressed if this blog post was sharing my adventures of taking lessons to become a pilot? Would that not be an outrageous quest? Unfortunately, employment in higher education does not financially align with flying lessons! But you know what? The enjoyment I receive from flying is fairly remarkable, and I can venture …
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, …
Give Me a Minute
Have you ever used the phrase, “Give me a minute” when someone needs you? Completing self-assessments are intriguing to me as they open my eyes not only to the way God created me but also how He created those around me. Perusing the results from a survey known as the Kendall Life Languages Profile, my …
Humble Inquiry
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 …
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 …
Flourishing @ Life 