Part Eight: Balance vs. Excellence
"The Margin Series" focuses on the reality that everyone has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. These monthly sub-topics assert that we need margin…
Part Seven: Rest
"The Margin Series" focuses on the reality that everyone has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. These monthly sub-topics assert that we need margin…
Part Six: Contentment
"The Margin Series" focuses on the reality that everyone has limits regarding time, emotional energy, physical energy, and money, among other areas. These monthly sub-topics assert that we need margin…
Part Five: Simplicity
Our cat, Chip, reminds us daily that it's not what's in the box that matters ("stuff"), it's living for each moment we are given.
"Our age is becoming more complex and diffusely overloaded, and simplicity is a movement whose time has come."—Richard Swenson, Margin (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2004), p. 180. "It is no bad thing to…
Part Four: Peace
Peace is costly. Its victory is hard-earned, dearly bought, and expensively given.Consider this example from the first Christmas. The very night that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a multitude of…
Part Three: Gratitude
“In everyone's life there is much to be grateful for and also much to be unhappy about... Unfortunately, most of the time our emotions dwell on our problems and forget…
Part Two: Boundaries
"Boundaries are about establishing a perimeter around the personal and private spaces of our lives and not letting the world come crashing in uninvited. This is not an issue of…
Do We Really Need Coaches at JUGHEADS?
By Erica Liddle—5-Year Jughead (Class of '14); Advanced, Elite & Ultimate Club Coach; Juggle Jam 22 Assistant Director If you’ve read the JUGHEADS Journal or spoken with Paul lately, you know that a significant…
Part One: Introduction to Margin
This ‘19-‘20 series is inspired by the book Margin (1995, 2004 by Richard Swenson, M.D.) and the widespread phenomenon of mental health issues and burnout in today's society. "The Margin Series" focuses on…
Part Ten: The Glory of God Happens
This ‘18-‘19 series celebrates some of my deepest values as I just turned 50 this spring. The fall series featured four “concessions” on life’s downers; this winter & spring has…