Personal

So, I mentioned before that we were watching the Democratic National Convention last week, and that my parents are Super Republicans… those things are both true. And in general, I’d say the majority of the folks we hang out with would tend toward the GOP as the GOP is the more conservative of the parties……

We were noticing the other day… there are many people who are not content in life. Most everything that comes from their mouth is negative, or just sad. Many of the politicians are this way, and those who comment on things political (talk show hosts and whatnot) Even many folks we know. Even many Christians…

Walking is something that we Americans have gotten out of the habit of doing, and that’s too bad. I just got to walk the town of Palmyra today, drumming up support, handing out flyers, putting up posters, and just in general connecting with the folks in my town. It was probably about 3 miles in…

I was watching the Democratic National Convention last night, cause it was on, and cause I really wanted to hear what they are thinking. Cause my parents are Super-Republicans, the Grandest of the Grand-Old-Party… and I hear all the stuff from one side, and mostly agree… but, just wanted to make an educated decision… So,…

So I was gardening again today… to tell the truth, it’s slightly addicting. It’s kinda predictable, and mindless, and just different from what I do… so I slip out to check out the garden and end up being out there doing various garden for a half hour or more! Well today I noticed that weeds…

We sang a song this past week at camp (read the footnote below…) that I have sung before, many times… but I was reminded of the depth of coolness of one of the lines. We sang, “With every breath I’m praising You.” Actually, many times I have sung that and felt a twinge of guilt…

Today is July 16th. It was a great day for me in 1997. I had thought for a long time that a very nice young lady and a great friend of mine, Jen Walker, would be a great life companion. But, many things had gotten in the way of that… especially that part where she…

I don’t have time to do this right now, so this will be in shambles for a while… but I am going to do a little remodeling here… have been absent for quite a while cause life is really really busy right now needed a break decided to play with my blog sorry for those…

This past weekend was the last weekend on staff for our children’s pastor at Crosswinds. Her name is Rachael Wiest (pronounced “West”). She came to Crosswinds about the same time that we did, freshly graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University (where my cousin was a women’s softball star!! really! She broke all kinds of school records!…

We planted our first garden this year! We were so excited as the winter temps left (mostly… we are in NY, ya know…) and the gardening aisles began to fill up at WalMart… Ian couldn’t wait to grow veggies and even flowers out front! SO, one Monday (our day off) I headed out at 6:30am…