Convocation. From a new perspective.
I palmed my phone and tried to stifle a grin as I walked into chapel for my first university convocation as a faculty member. I …
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I stood in the cafeteria entrance with a permagrin on my face. “Welcome to lunch!” I crowed , pointing dazed Moms and Nikon-laden Dads towards …
…on new jobs and finding my melody…
If I had been able to afford Houghton College, I would have never attended Cornerstone College, eight hours from my family. If I had lost …
“Teaching Becomes the Gift”….Reflections on “Many Communicate, Few Connect” by John C. Maxwell
I have spent almost every waking moment this week buried in the books and materials for the J-Term class I am in the middle of …
scribbled-out tasks on my rumpled to-do list…
The past month or so has blown by in a blur of holiday gatherings, final exams, cookie making, and plenty of “nose to the grindstone” …
on finding the reason…
When I agreed to teach a public speaking class this fall, I did it with a bit of resignation. Sure…okay…whatever…. I had a bit of …
on new plans….
I volunteered last week at our elementary school’s speech meet, listening as they recited scriptures, told fables, and recited poems. Carefully, I filled out my …
One more day…
In August of 2004, I walked into a stuffy classroom at Cornerstone University, hooked up my laptop, straightened my stack of speech syllabi, and flashed …
Life is too short…relationships first…
The first assignment for my Business Communications students is to send me a persuasive e-mail. They have to assume that the class is full, and …
Learning to let go…one finger at a time…
There is a scene from the show Monk, in which the title character is asked to be the best man at his friend’s wedding. He …
