ROCHESTER, NY – The MNFFL is a flag football league comprised mostly of home-schooled children (though not exclusively so) that plays its six-game season on Monday nights under the approaching-autumn skies of western New York State. Begun by the enterprising youngster, Alex Campbell (then aged ten), it is entering its second season, and boasting nearly…
A Visit to the 2013 Buffalo Bills Training Camp
For a decade now, in what is certainly an annual tradition for the Campbell family, we welcome each new Buffalo Bills season by attending the first (and several more) training camp practices. The practices are held at St. John Fisher College (our old stomping grounds … Ian was practically born there!) and are full of…
Let Them Go [Church Book Excerpt]
Fridays in August will be featuring a selected chapter from the book I published on the topic of the Church, titled, There’s The Steeple… Here’s The Church—I call it “The Church Book”. If you’d like to read the rest, click the book cover to the left to purchase your copy from Amazon.com! (And, thank you!)…
Loss [Memory Lane]
Each Thursday in August we’ll be taking a trip down Memory Lane! I will be posting some of my favorite stories ever published here, part of celebrating ten years of blogging—August 2003 to August 2013. Some posts are taken from books (like today’s) and others have only been published online thus far. You’ll read stories…
Life Is Hard, For Everyone
“Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”—Jesus Yep. Recently, in several discussions with friends and relatives, I was condsidering again how everyone has something. Each of us—despite appearances to the contrary—is dealing with some hard thing. Whether it’s our own health, finances, relationships,…
It’s Time for the County Fair!
The Wayne County Fair opened up today, and we were there! We do enjoy our annual trip(s) to the fairgrounds, especially since it’s only a few blocks from our house! Being so close, we usually make a couple trips up there during the week of the fair, making sure to take advantage of any free…
Natural Consequences
Parenting is not for the faint of heart. It starts out with no sleep, lots of messes to clean up (including many dirty bottoms per day), fussy meal times, and plenty of time just trying to figure out what makes this new person tick! Then you reach the mobile stage and it become exponentially harder….
The Masses [Church Book Excerpt]
I’ve decided to continue this series of excerpts from the book I published on the topic of the Church, titled, There’s The Steeple… Here’s The Church—I call it “The Church Book”. The rest of the Fridays in August will feature one selected chapter from the book! If you’d like to read the rest, click the…
The Water Shoe [Memory Lane]
Continuing the series from the last week of July, we’ll been taking a trip down Memory Lane each Thursday in August! I will be posting some of my favorite stories ever published here. Some were taken from books (like today’s) and others have only been published online thus far. There are some funny, some sad,…
The Rolling
Each day rolls on, paying no mind to me. My waking happens without my choosing, weariness creeps slowly back, until my body begs me to rest once more. My body requires, and it returns. Food, water, air—all are processed by this body without my doing, though I do receive some pleasure in parts of the…