Stac’s Place

Thanks to all of you who sent birthday wishes in one form or another. I am a man truly blessed to have good friends.

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Well, it’s getting close to midnight, which means that I am in the final hours of my third decade of life on this terrestrial ball. I turn 40 years old somewhere in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow. The middle school students made me skip around the room tonight, and my son [...]

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talk about living the high life…
Me and the chillins caught most of American Idol tonight. I’m not so much a fan, but Kim loves it, and the kids are following her lead. Incidentally, Josh posted a few pics of Jason Castro at his church Easter Sunday. Castro’s not my favorite singer, but [...]

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I’m not sure where it started, this calling time spent with God “quiet time.” Living in a house with 3 kids, 3 cats, and 1 dog, I can appreciate the need for a little quiet every once in a while. But I don’t think I want my time with God to be quiet. [...]

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We hit the road today to celebrate Good Friday with family in Bedford. It was a splendid day of playing with babies, laughing at all the cousins singing and playing together, and enjoying the company of family. We had good food, and spent a good amount of time talking about life, faith, church, [...]

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I love this week. We celebrated Maundy Thursday tonight. Instead of a sermon, Dan intro’d a short film entitled Most. It’s a re-telling of the story of a single father who takes his eight year-old son to work with him at the railroad drawbridge where he is the bridge tender. Just as [...]

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Tonight we started a new series for our middle school students. For the next several weeks we’ll be talking about spiritual disciplines. We’ll work through prayer (tonight), accountability, Bible memorization, service, generosity/tithing, and how to study the Bible. It’s good, solid teaching, aimed at helping students develop and practice spiritual life.
The thing [...]

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When climbers make a run at a summit they have to spend time getting used to the difference in altitude. They call that process acclimatization, and it can take quite some time to get their bodies ready to operate in the new surroundings.
That’s how I’m feeling now that I’m back in the good ol’ [...]

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in the Fellowship of the Nine Fingers. There are actually quite a few people throughout history who have been missing at least a part of a finger. I found this list today. Phil Keaggy is also missing the middle finger on his right hand, which he lost in an accident with a [...]

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Levi and I are back in State College, safe and sound. We had a great week of hard work, hot sun, and hugs/holding hands with the boys at the orphanage. Our team was healthy all week, gelled quickly, and got most of the intended work projects done. There was time for lots [...]

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