“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson- The Wheaton College Women’s Club Lacrosse team has been in existence for several years now, and is on track to gain varsity status in a couple of years. According to a recent article… Continue reading Blazing trails: Wheaton club lacrosse style
Category: Narrative
(Chicago) authors: writing a book should be ‘fun’!
Tuesday, at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, we had the good fortune of hearing from Alec Klein, an award-winning investigative journalist who will be teaching a long-form non-fiction capstone class this summer. The goal of the class? To produce a long-form magazine feature piece, or, a chapter of a book, to hopefully be published… Continue reading (Chicago) authors: writing a book should be ‘fun’!
The MOTH storySLAM: silver lining
“Look at this! Standing- and, well, sitting room only!” the winner, Deb, said into the microphone. “You all are proof that the ancient art of storytelling is still very much alive.” Tuesday night, Deb, the winner of MOTH’s monthly StorySLAM competition addressed a packed house at the Haymarket Pub and Brewery on Halsted. She talked… Continue reading The MOTH storySLAM: silver lining
DREAM BIG: Nothing is impossible with God
I’m not sure if the 2 1/2 cups of coffee I’ve had or the abundant sunshine in Chicago have anything to do with my energy level today, but I feel so happy I could explode and therefore felt compelled to write another post on optimism to follow up on yesterday’s…because it’s just one of those… Continue reading DREAM BIG: Nothing is impossible with God
Father knows best: Optimism + Jesus > unemployment
My dad has been out of work for several months now, and just this morning had yet another final round of interviews with yet another company. In an economy that is apparently coming out of a recession, the job hunt is moving slower than I’d like it to for him, but when I opened up… Continue reading Father knows best: Optimism + Jesus > unemployment
The miracle of ‘Blue Like Jazz’: what’s your story?
It’s one thing to dream up our ideas, and another to accomplish them. Like I wrote in my “motivation” post yesterday, it’s important to have a game plan, but how many of us are truly interested in making the story of our lives professional cinematic quality? Last Friday, at an advance screening of Steve Taylor’s silver… Continue reading The miracle of ‘Blue Like Jazz’: what’s your story?