This town has an identity complex. Because of Penn State football we’re the 3rd largest city in the state on home football weekends. That’s good and bad, I suppose. Because of Joe Paterno our town is a household name…for good and bad. We’re a town marked by historical contributions to Read more
As I look back on the past 14 years that I’ve been in Happy Valley and the 10 or so trips that I’ve taken to visit the boys (and girls) at the Rose of Sharon Orphanage, I have a few special memories. Henry was wheelchair bound by the time I Read more
This is part 2 of a post that I started yesterday. As a newbie on this trip to the exotic, beautiful Dominican Republic, I was amazed at all the things my eyes were taking in. I was stunned by the beauty of the country, and the people…oh my goodness. I Read more
Yep, it’s true. I can’t take it any more. I’ve had enough, and I’m taking action to change my situation. Please, allow me to clarify: I’m not leaving because: the Ravens won the SuperBowl the snow falls in central PA while my southern boys practice baseball of the gun-control debate Read more
Life will be difficult. Some days it will feel like it’s much easier to quit than it is to push through. When you know what you’re called to do, it’s always too early to quit.
margin…no, not the edges of your page that you subtly increase in order to magically lengthen the content of your Literature essay. But similar. I’m talking about the edges of your life, the white spaces, the unused, latent portions of your schedule. Much like the margins in your math notebook, Read more
Every Thursday night I pick up Levi from his shift at the Chick-Fil-A (man, that would be like my high school dream job!) While I’m not always wild about driving across town at 11pm, I’ve come to love the opportunity to talk with Levi, to learn what he’s learning, and Read more
It’s been brutally cold here for the past couple of days. Night-time temps have been near 0 with the real feel hitting some negative numbers. That’s not normal for here, at least not for any extended period. The arctic blast has been front and center in all the news outlets, Read more
Kim and I looked at each other in a state of semi-shock. Amy (our Chinese guide) was briefing us for our first encounter with the children we’d flown halfway around the world to meet. It was us and the Roux family. We were adopting 9-year old Annabelle while they were Read more
Today was an up & down kind of day. We started with a 2 hour delay due to some beautiful fresh snow, which meant sleeping in, breakfast with the kids and some Bible reading. It also meant I missed 2 meetings because I had to shovel the beautiful fresh snow Read more