The start of a new year is a time of year when many people decide to make some changes. One of the primary changes that many if not most adults seem to make at the dawn of a new year relates to their...
I had a weird experience this week that was both troubling and comforting at the same time.
 On Thursday afternoon, I was invited to attend a prayer service at the university I teach at. It’s tradit...
The week following Christmas is usually a fun week for our family. We spend much of the week taking long drives to visit our extended family, and we did that this year as well. Basically, we visited...
The other day, my wife and I had the opportunity to reunite with a friend from college that I hadn’t seen in at least 23 years. She teaches with us now, so we should start to see her with more regula...
Our church actively supports the work of missionaries throughout the world. Some of them oversee orphanages and provide daily care, education, and discipleship to orphaned and abandoned children. So...
I opened a can of worms in our household years ago that I’m completely unable to undo. In our home, we have a habit of scaring each other, and everyone loves it except the person being scared. We ne...
Our home is not on a large tract of land. We live on just about a quarter acre which means we aren’t surrounded by large fields or farms. But just the same, my wife and I regularly engage in plantin...
What kind of training did you have to complete in order to serve in your vocation? Did you have to do some form of special schooling? Were you mentored by someone with years of experience in your ro...
Years ago, on a Sunday morning, I was teaching an adult Sunday School class. The class met in the main sanctuary of the church I was serving at, and because of the number of people who attended, I wo...
There are many things I enjoy about living in Langhorne Pennsylvania. Overall, I think the weather is pretty nice for being in a northern climate. I like that our area has a lot of historical buildi...
I recently read a story about a high school janitor that I found fascinating and encouraging.
From my perspective, one of the most character-forming jobs a person can ever take on involves cleaning u...
One of the most consequential, life-impacting decisions that the Lord led me to make when I was growing up was the decision to spend my summers working with a Christian camping ministry. It was a dec...
