Stac’s Place

I thought I heard a noise downstairs about an hour ago. I went down to check it out, and the light in the laundyroom was on, as was the light in my bathroom.
I felt a little like Goldilocks: someone’s been turning on the lights in my laundryroom. Someone’s been standing in my [...]

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500 games372 wins, 123 losses, 3 ties23-10-1 in bowl games
say what you will about his age, his offense, or his idiosyncrasies, JoePa has become an enduring part of college football.
This week Joe showed that he still carries himself with class when one of the A&M yell leaders displayed his own immaturity and rudeness. Paterno [...]

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I wasn’t going to post anything during the break. I had a few days of vacation left in the “use it or lose it” category, so I’ve been laying low over the past few days, or 10. A bunch of cool stuff has happened.
Great Christmas Eve services, fabulous family time, some pretty fun [...]

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This was the week that we set aside to spread a little holiday cheer with our students. Sunday night we took our senior high students out to sing Christmas carols and deliver 40 dozen cookies to a neighborhood we wanted to bless. The temperature was about 25 degrees, but the windchill made it [...]

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Last Saturday was a chilly one, but we made the most of it.
My buddy Ed called to see if I could round up some young guys to play a little roller hockey–outside! It was about 25 degrees, with ice on the ground. I asked Levi if he’d be interested, and he jumped at [...]

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Well, the impending snow/ice storm resulted in about 1.5 inches of granular ice. Nothing much to write home about. But it does lead me to a couple of questions.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever had to dig out of the snow?
How about a trampoline? Yep. Today I donned the wintry garb [...]

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a winter storm is coming, and could affect church Sat/Sun for us. That’s a bummer, because…
this is Care Package weekend, and we’ve got 500 bags loaded with goodies for PSU students to get them through finals week.
had lunch with Josh Kerr today. He’s been part of the Campus Crusade worship/leadership team for the [...]

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Our youth staff had its yearly Christmas dinner party tonight, and it was a blast. We traditionally exchange names for gift-giving, and each person makes/creates a gift to exchange. This year’s gifts were some of the best I’ve seen in terms of creativity and thoughtfulness. We learned that not only can Josh [...]

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Kim has been needing a new computer for quite some time now. Her 10 gig Dell Pentium III (498 MHz, 128 mb ram) is just about done. Slower than Christmas (I know–we’re in the home stretch for Christmas), or perhaps summer break. It’s been on its last leg for months, and we’ve [...]

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Bruce Eveleth is the real deal. He’s one of our newest staff members at Calvary, and he’s overseeing the missions/outreach at the church. Bruce comes to us with a background in college ministry (among other things) and has a heart for Rwanda. He has built a partnership with a group of people [...]

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