Stac’s Place

I had lunch yesterday with a friend who shared some words with me that are sticking.  We’ve been praying for the Penn State campus (students and other associated people) for the past 2 weeks, and Matt has been part of an on-campus ministry for years.  As we sat at the table letting our delicious Chinese food settle [...]

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My schedule has been a little goofy lately, and I found myself facing the oncoming dusk this evening with an over-full head.  My brain has been swimming with details and meetings and the stuff that seems to pile up as life is lived.  I wanted to run–literally.  I needed to get out, to clear my [...]

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I was really tempted to call this one “The Empire Strikes Back” due to some of the spiritual conflict that’s been rolling around my life this week, but since Empire was technically part 5 of the Star Wars saga, I’ll move on.
Our Midtown group met again tonight to walk our prayer route, asking God to [...]

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Have you been to a minor league baseball game this summer?  If you haven’t, you don’t know what you’re missing.  There’s nothing quite like the experience of a minor league game–there’s something for everyone.  Inflatable games for the kids, cheap food (kids eat free Thursdays!), and the ticket prices make it affordable enough to take [...]

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I don’t know why, but our house has been under attack from all sorts of critters lately.
I told you about the bat that was in the house.  I didn’t tell you that there was a second bat the next night.  I caught it behind the laundry room door.  One of our fearless felines was crouched [...]

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I don’t know if that’s a familiar term to you or not.  I was introduced to the idea of walking and praying (asking God to move in and around the places my feet fall) years ago.  But it never really took root in my life until we moved to State College.  It’s been part of [...]

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I know, you’re thinking that this is the obligatory ”back to school” post.  Well, yes, and no.  The Sublett children will mount their appointed Great Yellow Steeds for the trip back to the land of public education tomorrow, indeed.  But there are some significant changes in the pattern this time around the sun.
Levi starts 9th grade.  Yep, [...]

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I have long been an advocate for mentoring.  There’s nothing like someone with more life experience coaching and encouraging a willing learner through some of the lessons of life.  That’s a principle that works well in all areas of life.  I’ve been the beneficiary of some great mentoring opportunities, on both sides of the table. [...]

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me and Levi don’t eat really well…I know, that’s probably not the ending of the rhyme you were expecting.  But it’s the truth, and I’m totally committed to telling the truth here.
Kim took the girls and 2 of Lilly’s friends down to Friendship Village to celebrate Lil’s birthday.  It’s a little early, sort of like [...]

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Our son Levi has always been a wordy young’n.  He talked early, spoke well, and had more than his share of words for each day.  He’s one of those quick-witted word play guys, and knows how to make us laugh.  Over the years, our relationship has morphed into a kind of give-and-take of jokes, punnies, [...]

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