Stac’s Place

It was a pretty good weekend overall…
The Green Eagles got a little redemption with a win over the undefeated Silver Wolves–the team that beat us 26-0 in the pouring rain a couple of weeks ago.  Out guys played well, and we capitalized on a couple of mistakes.  We tackled well, and were not intimidated by [...]

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why do fools fall in love?
what made the red man red?
who let the dogs out?
who wrote the book of love?
what would you do for a klondike bar?
where’s the beef?
what’s love got to do with it?
why does the caged bird sing?
which came first–the chicken or the egg?
do you know the muffin man?
what d’you got?

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Monday was the first day in a looooooong time that our grass needed some TLC.  It’s been so dry here that I wondered if I was in the clear, but we got a little hurricane-rain, and the yard responded.  So I dragged out the tools of the yardman and went to work.  Not long into [...]

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I’m reading to get ready to preach this weekend.  We’re doing a series based on the Yancey book Rumors of Another World, and it’s a little out of my comfort zone, to put it mildly.  Tonight I’ve been reading Piper’s Desiring God.
Other things swirling around in me:
I have a friend who is sensing God leading [...]

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wow, where did the day go?
Today the Sublett Clan celebrated the birth of Levi, our eldest, the new teenager.  It’s hard to believe that we have a 13 year old son…He wanted to hit the Texas Roadhouse for some grub tonight.  Kim and I decided to surprise him with a cellular telephone to celebrate his [...]

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Levi and I just rolled in from the ‘burgh.  We got invited to attend the Freddy Sanchez/Players4Kidz charity auction.  As the chaplain for the Spikes, my unofficial boss is Brad Henderson, the chaplain for the Pirates.  He is also the dirctor of the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation and the Pittsburgh Youth Network.  The PLF hosts this [...]

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I mentioned it before, but I picked up a copy of Alex & Brett Harris‘ book Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations.  Simply put, this is a book that every youth worker, every student, and every parent should read.  It’s a quick read, and I found myself challenged as I tore through [...]

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It’s known by many names:  discipleship, mentoring, influence…Books galore have been written on the subject.  Training courses, dvds, bible studies, simulcasts, seminars and motivational speakers abound to help us get better at it.
I am a simple man, and I don’t claim to be an expert at this, but I’ve been thinking about my role as [...]

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One of the constants that we have encountered as we’ve worked in student ministry here in State College is the incredible turnover among our leaders.  It seems like every year is a rebuilding year, as many of our team members are PSU students.  We’ve come to embrace their inevitable departure, knowing that the time and [...]

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Man, what a weekend!  So many good things going on around here!
Friday’s football game was a blow out.  We lost 26-0.  It was fun to play in the torrential downpour, but we coaches have to find a way to get our guys to do the basic things necessary for football success.
Saturday found me at Camp [...]

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