In Our Element: when work is play
All the work is worth it when it lands us in our element and it becomes play.
The Art of the Jump Shot: what’s God got to do with it?
We kinesthetics do a lot by feel. We move in the space to “see” how big it is. We step outside to test whether we need a jacket today. When asked how long the table is, we spread our arms to demonstrate the size. How heavy is it? Oh, about like picking up _______ (something […]
Competitive Nearsightedness: it’s Treatable
Both teams were there. Both coaches. Lots and lots of parents. The only thing missing was the referee. No one wanted to reschedule this last game of the season, which didn’t determine anything in the standings. We just needed to get it played. As it happened, there was a parent on each team who was […]
Putting Practice into Play is Easier and Harder than We Think
I was told “Practice makes perfect,” so my defiant younger self quipped, “Practice makes perfect, but no one’s perfect, so why practice?” That was a) to hide my fear of being imperfect, b) to distract people from seeing all the practicing I was doing and c) to excuse myself in case that practice didn’t work. (and […]
Just Practice, You’ll Get it
Just practice. You’ll get it. Some of the most powerful words ever spoken to me. But I’m an adder. I add, “if you practice, you’ll get it right.” When I don’t, I get discouraged. Because I can’t get it right. If I did, I could stop practicing, but that is not the way. So I […]
All By Myself, but not alone
Isn’t it funny how you can feel the difference between “no one is home” and “no one will be home for the next 6 hours”? That’s what it was like when the crowd thinned this morning and I had the whole house to myself. I wrote that on Wednesday morning (2 days ago), the second day […]
Putting it Into Practice
Are you one of those people who sits and listens in prayer? Do you hear God speaking? Does He give you a final answer? I don’t know fully what God is saying to me until I go with it. Well, let me correct that, I don’t know it fully but moving seems to facilitate the […]