Tending Wounds Gently – A Reflection from Resilient Leaders Project

Tending Wounds Gently – A Reflection from Resilient Leaders Project

I burned my hand while cooking. It was a stupid, split-second mistake with painful consequences. I needed to move a pan that was sitting on the stove – a pan I cook with regularly. However, in my rush, I forgot that tonight, I had put that whole pan into the oven to...
Purpose Reconsidered: An Alumni Story

Purpose Reconsidered: An Alumni Story

My journey with purpose has been fraught with fits and starts and loads of apparently meaningless lulls in between. I was born and raised in Texas and my worldview was highly influenced by the predominantly white southern Baptist church that taught me about Jesus and...
The Betwixt and Between: Finding Resilience in Liminality

The Betwixt and Between: Finding Resilience in Liminality

My all-time favorite movie line comes from the Western Five Card Stud. Dean Martin is out demonstrating his six-gun prowess to Inga Stevens, shooting bottles off the corral rails, when up rides Bob Mitchum as β€œThe Preacher.” Mitchum asks to give it a try, so Dean...