Stac’s Place

My friend Kim D turned 40 today. She’s had a full day of being celebrated by many of her friends here in the SC, and there’s more to come. Kim and I are taking her out for din-din tonight, which should be fun. The food at the Tavern (a State College landmark) [...]

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These past weeks have gotten a little full. I’ve been preparing to preach (last week, this week) on top of my normal responsibilities. That results in little time for blogging.
Not that anyone is really reading this.
Oh well.
The Spikes won tonight in Hudson Valley. I am enjoying being their Baseball Chapel leader, and [...]

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Do you know any Austrians? I met a few yesterday. Dave Speers took me to Herwig’s Austrian Bistro, which was delish, by the way. I don’t normally eat sauerkraut, but Herwig himself stopped by the table to threaten us into cleaning our plates. Dave had to eat my potato salad…
Until yesterday, [...]

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I’ve heard it said that God says “Be not afraid” something like 365 times in the Bible–one for everyday. I don’t know if that’s true or not. I’m not even sure that it matters how many times it appears. It’s undeniable, though, that God expresses that thought all throughout the pages of [...]

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One of the things that I had envisioned for me/us this summer is spending time outdoors. I wanted to sleep out under the stars at least once a month, and thought that we’d do something oudoorsy each week.
Not happening.
It’s July 6th. Happy 6th of July.
Zero nights under stars, zero outdoorsy things.
I gotta get [...]

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To quote my Paw Paw, “A good time was had by all.”
We had a great time celebrating our country’s independence yesterday. The day started with Kim and I finishing up a lot of the little things that needed attention–some yardwork for me, and cleaning up some clutter inside for her. We had no [...]

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Today was my day off, which means that I spent the day working in the yard. I got up early to catch a little baseball to start the day off right! I had a blast watching a local 13-14 year old team play in a tourney.
I spent some time Saturday digging the broken [...]

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