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Mark Cook is the program coordinator for the Institute for Global Engagement, a partnership between Denison Forum and Dallas Baptist University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Dallas Baptist University, and completed his Masters of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School and Truett Seminary. His ministry background is college ministry, and he has served both on a church staff as well as within campus ministries.

Resources by Mark Cook

Ohio State University band members celebrate during the 2015 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the 81st Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, January 1, 2015 (Credit: AP Images/Cheryl Gerber)

What’s wrong with sowing your wild oats?

Singer Taylor Swift attends the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special in New York, February 15, 2015 (Credit: AP/Evan Agostini)

Taylor Swift’s leadership

Oakland Athletics Starting pitcher Scott Kazmir (26) [3143] pitches in the first inning during the Oakland Athletics game versus the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, April 19, 2015 (Credit: Icon Sportswire/Scott Sewell)

MLB trade deadline uncertainty

An older man and a younger woman try the Thync neurosignaling device at the Thync Salon in San Francisco, July 2, 2015 (Credit: Thync via Instagram)

The illusion of the quick fix

The Stoning of Saint Stephen (Credit: Rembrandt)

A leader’s courage

Heavy Things (Credit: Jason Lengstorf via Flickr)

Seeking perfection in sports

Two people on Addison's Walk outside Oxford, England (Credit: Mark Cook)

A leader’s friends

Set your heart to God’s time

Bubba Watson hits a drive on the 5th tee during round 1 at the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington, June 18, 2015 (Credit: AP/Cal Sport Media/George Holland)

The U.S. Open and facing life’s challenges

Reading tips

Water Lillies an Japanese Bridge (1897 an 1899) by Claude Monet (1840–1926) at the Princeton University Art Museum

Impressionism, coaching and listening

Walking and leadership

Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns in the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Spain's Rafael Nadal at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 (Credit: AP Photo/David Vincent)

Novak Djokovic and music theory

Developing a summer reading list

Vin Scully waits to throw out the first pitch on Vin Scully Bobblehead Night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Thursday, August 30, 2012 (Credit: LA.com/Hans Gutknecht)

Lessons from a legend: Vin Scully

FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures as he attends a news conference after a meeting of the FIFA executive committee in Zurich in September 26, 2014 (Credit: Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)

Corruption and credibility

Stories Sports & Life logo (Credit: Mark Cook)

How stories help make sense of sports and life, part 2

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, during a news conference, announces the Federal Trade Commission and all 50 states have filed a federal lawsuit against four charities — including Knoxville-based Cancer Fund of America — and their operators, accusing them of scamming more than $187 million from consumers across the country, May 19, 2015 (Credit: Knoxville News Sentinel/Cortney Roark)

Shipwrecked leadership

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez talks to reporters in the visitors dugout before the Yankees’ American League baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts August 16, 2013 (Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder)

How stories help make sense of sports and life, part 1

Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warrior, shouts instructions to his team during a game against the Washington Wizards, February 24,2015 (Credit: Keith Allision via Flickr)

Steve Kerr and the importance of perspective

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, right, shoots over Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol, left, and Mike Conley (11) during the fourth quarter in Game 2 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Oakland, California (Credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot)

The new NBA: Stephen Curry, 3 pointers, and freedom

Josh Hamilton hits off a tee during workouts at Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona, April 28, 2015 (Credit: USA Today Sports/Rick Scuteri)

Josh Hamilton and the importance of friendship

NFL 2015 draft held in Chicago (Credit: USA Today Sports)

The NFL Draft and sports as religion

Bob Bowman, president of MLB Business and Media, explains new baseball statistics and how they might be displayed during a broadcast at a news conference in New York, Monday, April 20, 2015 (Credit: AP/Seth Wenig)

MLB Statcast and decision making

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