Stac’s Place

Joe, Erin, Wes, and Kendal showed up today.  Erin is Kim’s sister, and I feel like I’ve known her all my life.  Joe was one of our first Team XStreamers, the folks who volunteer to lead staff our youth ministry.  He and Erin have made a family together, and it’s one of God’s little/great miracles.  [...]

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This week flew by.  I’m not sure if it was the Christmas prep (from the church stuff to the shopping stuff) or the snow day, but the weekend seemed to get here pretty quickly.
Our kids’ Broadway Showkids performance got bumped by the icy conditions.  The kids handled it pretty well.  It’s been rescheduled for a [...]

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lots of things made this wednesday one to be remembered:
*Kim and I are continuing to meet with the good people who volunteer with us to lead Calvary’s student ministry.  Some of the folks will be transitioning out after this semester; others are flat out pumped about their role as influencers of the lives of teenagers, [...]

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The snow began to fall as nighttime made its descent on Happy Valley.  Sadie wanted to go outside to shoot a few baskets, so we did.  Dark and snowy is probably not the best of conditions for a little hooptime, so we headed back inside.  We had to drop Sadie’s friend off at her house, [...]

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It was a pretty decent weekend…
*hunting season (at least the regular season) ended Saturday.  Levi and I got out a couple of days, but he didn’t get to shoot.  I shot a doe last Tuesday.
*Saturday night found us at Eisenhower Auditorium (why didn’t they put a center aisle in that place?  Our seats were 50,52, [...]

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I’m taking a coupe of days off, starting today.  I have a bunch of unused vacation days, and they’ll be lost forever if I don’t use them.  So I spent the bulk of today in the woods with a couple of other guys in search of the monster buck that, alas, continues to elude us.
The [...]

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Our middle school students bundled up tonight to spread some Christmas cheer in one of the neighborhoods our church has adopted.  We’ve been part of the neighborhood for about 8 years now, if my memory serves me correctly.  We planned to spend about an hour singing, taking homemade cookies and WalMart gift cards to the [...]

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Our house has been visited by the Christmas Elves driving a FedEx truck.  The first round of our Ugly Mug coffee orders have been delivered, and Kim is busy delivering creatively packaged bags of coffee deliciousness to people.  We are so grateful to the wonderful people who are helping us raise money for our adoption, [...]

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Our life group usually meets Thursday nights.  We’d been reading and discussing Mark Batterson’s Wild Goose Chase.  Tonight we shook things up a little.  Kim ordered a Murder Mystery, and we showed up in costumes to play a little Whodunnit.  It was a fun break from the routine, and everyone had a good time.  There [...]

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*Sadie and I were snuggling on the couch this evening, right before supper.  I asked her what she did today, and she started listing things.  Her highlight of the day: telling the Jesus story to a little girl who hangs out with our family every week!  They were playing with a nativity set, and Sadie [...]

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