The cookies have been made. The stand has been repainted. The signs are all freshly drawn… The Lemonade Stand is back! If you haven’t read the story yet of the beginnings of this particular entrepreneurial endeavor headed up by our oldest son, it’s one of my favorite posts. (Even just for the photos, actually, but…
Roots
Deep under the flourishing leaves, and the towers branches, and the succulent fruits which garner all the deserved and proper attention, are the roots. Hidden roots spread far and wide, providing the foundation of what you see above the ground. The visible draws from its roots the beginnings of its life, mixed with the elements…
No Strings Attached
This was originally posted April 19th, 2010. It could easily have been posted in 2013, so I am re-posting it today. It continues the theme of how we interact, how we relate. Speaking of which … off to the next visit! 🙂 I just need to get something off my chest. I’ve been thinking about…
[From The Archive] Relating
Our recent visit to Ohio for some big family events has given us the opportunity for some great visiting time with relatives and friends we haven’t seen for a long while—some a very long while! Those visits often include shared meals, certainly include sharing stories, and have also included some great conversations about the things…
A Visit to Young’s Jersey Dairy
July is National Ice Cream Month, so it only makes sense that part of the Campbell family July would include a visit to Young’s Jersey Dairy near Springfield, Ohio—our homeland for many generations back. I remember visits to Young’s when I was a wee lad. It was much smaller then (as was I!) and it…
A Visit to Squire’s Castle
A couple dozen men and women in formal wear, blasting loud, bass-thumping music, while smoking cigarettes and loudly cavorting and merrymaking—that was our visit to Squire’s Castle. Friends of ours had been through the Cleveland, OH area not too long before, and when they knew we would be traveling through there, too, recommended including this…
Full of Life
Recently, I was fascinated by poop. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Actually, it started in a public outhouse-style “restroom”. If you’ve never used an outhouse, or a “port-a-potty”, it’s just a big container collecting all the liquid and solid waste, rather than flushing it away down a nice, convenient pipe—out of sight, out of mind….
[From The Archive] Life Is In The Moments
It’s been a while since I’ve added any posts to this series “From The Archive“. There are a few reasons I am doing so today. First, I am coming up on ten years of blogging. That’s a good chunk of writing on “the internets”. Almost a million words written, nearly two thousand posts. That sure…
Independence Day
It’s hard to appreciate independence as an American in the 21st century. We are still benefitting today—July 4th, 2013—from the courage and bravery of a people whose chosen leaders pledged their “lives, [their] fortunes, and [their] sacred honor” two hundred and thirty-seven years ago. Well over two centuries of time has passed since that particular…
An Open Letter Apology from the Church
Not that I have any real force behind this open letter to every person on the planet, but it’s what’s on my heart today. For so long, those who claim to know and live for God have been such a harmful representation of him (myself included) that many people wrongly dismiss their rightful place as…