This article contains Amazon Affiliate LLC links. This does not increase the cost to you; however, I earn a small commission for sales if you use the link. I only share about books and products I use and enjoy. Yesterday morning, I went for a walk just after sunrise. It’s that time of year in Kentucky when mornings allow you to wear your oversized sweatshirt and shorts. Yet, by lunch you need short sleeves and shade. As I typically do…
This article on college ministry contains Amazon Affiliate LLC links. This doesn’t increase costs for you; however, I earn a small commission on purchases made via the links. I only share materials and resources I love! College ministry work comes with challenges. I’ve been reading Alongside by Drew Hill and he says it so well, “Teenagers are awesome – a mix of childlike spirits and adultlike ambitions. Knowing them is a gift, but loving them is often challenging.” It’s true…
This article contains Amazon Affliliate LLC links. This doesn’t raise the price for you, but I do earn a small commission for sales. Setting expectations requires communication early and often. But it also requires us, as educators, to model those expectations! In the book, Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say, No, to Take Control of Your Life, authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend state: Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A…
Just. Let’s examine the definitions available for this four-letter word. Adjective: based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair (equitable) Adjective: deserved or appropriate in the circumstances (deserved) Adjective: well founded; justifiable (valid) Adverb: exactly (precisely) Adverb: very recently Adverb: barely (narrowly) Adverb: simply; only; no more than (merely) Adverb: possibly Adverb: used as a polite formula for giving permission or making a request It just (8) might be just (1) to just (9) allow just…
After a long day of visits, phone calls, and text messages from my college students about life, I did what any person would do in 2019. I went on Instagram (post-workout) and shared a series of InstaStories on decision making. It wasn’t long (my story stayed dashes and didn’t go to dots, so it couldn’t be too long), but it was certainly blunt. Decision Making InstaStory I wish I saved it, but I didn’t. Ultimately, the story recapped the root…