Grit Leadership for Educational Athletics Paul Putz Faith & Sports Institute Erik Ellefsen Valorie Kondos Field "Sports form character it just depends on what kind" & research shows "the role of the coach is undisputed in this formation." Elizabeth Perkins Bounds who joined us to add to our learning! #WhatIsACoach

“Are you the one they call, or are you the one they have to calm down?” Ryan Holiday on the contagion of courage from Courage Is Calling

You have to be willing to ignore the need to be validated and applauded long enough to finish.

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Deeply moved & inspired by Bryan Stevenson in this convo. Especially Ms. Williams’ story of courage (27:30).

One of the most, if not THE most, moving books I’ve ever read. Could not recommend more.

Check out Elizabeth Perkins Bounds's keynote talk at the Third Global Conference of Sport and Christianity Ridley Hall, Cambridge on YouTube where she describes how sport can either inhibit or promote virtuous behavior and development. Link in Bio #sportfaithlife #sportandfaith #3GCSC

Just finished Lauren Fleshman book “Good for a Girl” - powerful memoir + important feminist critique of a sports culture that discourages healthy female development. So glad John B. White recommended to me!

Check out the latest episode of Revisionist History from Malcolm Gladwell, featuring #HopeForward. A beacon of hope in a broken landscape of higher education. Malcolm says it’s “an idea so crazy, it just might work!" apple.co/3NRpazX

Alas, #RevisionistHistory alone won't solve the issues of higher education... but a big idea being tested at a little school on the shores of Lake Michigan might. Reimagine college tuition with Malcolm Gladwell & Hope College's Matthew Scogin on the new ep!🎓: apple.co/3NRpazX

So incredibly proud to be an alumna of Hope College !!! #HopeForward #fireupdutch

Indebtedness is not always aversive. Individuals prompted to experience gratitude and indebtedness are more likely to behave in prosocial ways. Thanks for the coverage ⁦PsyPost.org⁩ psypost.org/2023/06/indivi…

Loved this conversation with ⁦@corrigankelly⁩ & ⁦Jennifer Breheny Wallace⁩ on achievement contingent self-worth & sense of mattering! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kel…

Had a blast presenting at Association for Moral Education with some dear friends and colleagues Elizabeth Perkins Bounds, Paul Putz, and John B. White!

FSI and friends at the Association for Moral Education conference. Elizabeth Perkins Bounds - effects of religiosity on college athletes John B. White - virtue formation and high school athletes Sean Strehlow - college coaches and identity development Paul Putz - history of coaches as moral educators

I am hiring a post-doc in my lab at Baylor University. I anticipate a start date summer 2024 but am flexible. Please apply or spread the word! ejof.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Could not be more proud to call her our own. Proud of you, Elizabeth Perkins Bounds and grateful you’re in the Hope WBB family. Take a listen to her message from chapel today: youtube.com/live/Z1kZCrIzE…

Timely & spot-on piece from Vox on externally contingent self-worth. & we have data to back it up… Grateful to be doing work in this space with ⁦Sarah Schnitker, Ph.D.⁩ ⁦Perry L Glanzer⁩ & others! vox.com/even-better/39…

Highly recommend for anyone wrestling with big messy life questions or navigating an unknown next step (…so…pretty much all of us???). Elizabeth Weingarten the future of agency HarperOne HarperCollins

📸 Highlights from the 4th Global Congress on Sport and Christianity Part One: Keynote Talks Last week at Baylor's Truett Seminary we hosted 250+ people from 35 states and 10 countries with the goal of exploring sports and Christianity in a deeper way. Scenes from 4 of our speakers: