Author: Sheryl

  • Context

    Context

    It’s all about context. Some words send my spine into tingling shudders in one context and tingles of joyful anticipation in another

  • Meyers-Briggs and My Calendar

    Meyers-Briggs and My Calendar

    In case you’re new to reading here, there’s something you need to know about me. It’s all important, because it’s fairly defining.

  • Dreaded

    Dreaded

    They are usually spoken, and they are always dreaded. One is an unanswerable question. The other is often the feeling of death.

  • When Monday is Friday

    When Monday is Friday

    When Monday is Friday the world goes a little wonky.

  • How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

    How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

    This is a meditation I wrote my church and our experiential walk through the Stations of the Cross. May you know the deep, deep love of God during this holy week and beyond.

  • An Hour A Day Habit

    An Hour A Day Habit

    With some degree of regularity I attend a conference for people who love working with TCKs. Just like any other conference, sometimes you walk away with more than other times.

  • Gratitude and Attitude

    Gratitude and Attitude

    Gratitude seems to be trendy right now. It’s interesting to see this virtue get some good press.

  • Flu Lessons

    Flu Lessons

    My absence here last week was largely due to my general absence from life last week. As I’ve begun to come out of the misery induced state the flu pushed me into, I may have learned a thing or two or seven.

  • Contradicting the Dictionary

    Contradicting the Dictionary

    Fearless. I was pretty sure I knew the word and its definition, but the part of me filled with self-doubt lead me to the dictionary.

  • Empty

    Empty

    In my department we often talk about our emotional tanks–what fills them and what drains them. We teach that we all need to fill our tanks faster than they drain.