Stac’s Place

It’s concert time in Happy Valley, and we spent the last 2 evenings listening to the sweet sounds of the 4th and 5th grade band/orchestra/choir and the 6th grade band/choir. Lilly played her clarinet and sang with gusto, and Levi jammed out on the sax. Kim’s parents came up for Lilly’s concert Monday [...]

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If he doesn’t do something, he won’t do anything.
kind of hits you where you live, doesn’t it?

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I am super excited about this coming weekend. We’ve canceled our weekend gatherings in lieu of mobilizing people to go serve in the community. I believe that this is exactly what the doctor ordered. We are trying to re-capture the essence of the church that serves the people who live in the [...]

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Every year that it’s been possible, Kim and I both attend our kids’ Parent-Teacher conferences. We want to be informed and involved in our kids’ schools, and to know their teachers. Kim and I usually volunteer to help out in their classrooms, too. It’s fun for us, and the kids have loved [...]

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I had a few minutes this evening after supper, so I thought I’d take a whack at some of the dandelions that have begun to pop up. I cleaned up all the sticks and stuff that the yard had accumulated over the winter last Saturday, and I didn’t notice very many weeds.
Wrong.
As I made [...]

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Since the weather has turned nicer, I have moved from the treadmill to the roads around our house for my daily run. I’ve discovered a few differences that are notable.
On the treadmill, I tell the machine how fast to turn, which means that I can run faster. There are also no [...]

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I first heard the term last year, and thought the concept sounded interesting. What’s the concept?
Fix a length of 1″ tubular webbing between 2 anchor points and walk the line.
It sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? A couple of high school guys and I set one up in the woods behind my office today. [...]

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Last Sunday I received a couple of text messages. Never mind the fact that I don’t have a text package on my cell, that it costs me a whopping one-fifteenth of a dollar to receive each message, and that I don’t have a choice as to whether I receive said text message. One [...]

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Read this today, and it stuck out to me…
So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him? God gives wisdom, knowledge, and [...]

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Our wireless router seems to have bitten the dust. (I had to explain that saying to Sadie earlier today. I guess it is a little vague to a 6 year old.) So I didn’t check email or blogs at all until now. It was a little weird, truth be told.
But I [...]

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