Live With Flair

(my daily blog)

Search

Taking Care of Yourself

Today I asked my students how they are taking care of themselves. Never before have I seen so many exhausted, overwhelmed, and anxious students. How

Read More »

The Creature Insists

My anxiety-ridden cat recently advanced to a peculiar routine. If I sit precisely in a certain spot on the couch, with the fuzzy brown blanket,

Read More »

It Won’t Work

Yesterday I read John 4 and the account of Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman. I stay for a minute with these words about the

Read More »

Supportive Listening

Today in class, we tried a 15 minute supportive listening exercise. In random groups of 3-4 people, students told their group members what felt discouraging,

Read More »

Utter Humiliation

I recently read a quote from Oswald Chambers: “You must yield yourself in utter humiliation to the only one who can break the dominating power

Read More »

All the Prayers

I loved the sermon this morning on cultivating a “culture of prayer” within our church. The pastor talked about fostering this culture first in our

Read More »