What are you learning from life’s curriculum right now?
I am asking myself, in this moment of alarming and rapid change, “what is it that I need to be learning?”
President Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
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Distinctively Goshen
Reflections from President Stoltzfus
The power of girls: ‘Let me be myself’
I honor Anne Frank this Women’s History Month because hearing her voice speak across the decades through her house-turned-museum woke me up to the power of girls. My experience in those upstairs rooms made me see not only the world in new ways, but also my daughter and all girls in new ways.
Holding grief in community
Our campus and our broader community have been dealing with an unusual amount of grief this fall. This blog is adapted from comments I made in the special convocation on campus, “Holding Grief in Community,” on Oct. 26, 2022.
My word for 2022
My word for 2022 began poking at my mind back in December. As I wrapped up work before the holidays, I was getting some feedback about my hard edges. In my journal I wrote repeatedly, “Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” (Philippians 4:5)
The swirl of Thanksgiving
Practicing gratitude makes us feel good, but science also shows that people who practice gratitude get better at coping with stress, seek more social support, respond to negative events more positively and become more patient.
Why I journal
Nearly every morning, I put the coffee on to brew, indulge in morning Tai Chi, pray the Lord’s Prayer, drink my first cup of coffee without artificial light and then I write in my journal. Of all the forms of writing that I do, journaling is the most pleasurable.
A few of my favorite things
I offer you this list of 10 things that I can’t live without.