Journals From The Journey

This week was an exciting week for me and a busy one. This was the first week that the staff was back for the new school year. It was also the last week before students are in the building. It is always a busy week with students being enrolled at the last second and students […] Read More

(Updated discussion at the bottom of the post) This year has been a challenging year. Racial tensions, history vs hate, TV series pulled due to a flag but others with racist comments left on air and much more. As a white, christian, straight, male; folks might say I have no right to talk or share. […] Read More

I don't have the outgoing social butterfly personality. But I have, praise the Lord, over the years grown more comfortable being me and interacting with others. Reading the Bible, I've seen that the Lord has always cared about the individual. But He has never left people alone. He designed us to be in community. The […] Read More

Preface: I listen to many podcasts during the week. One of the ones I greatly enjoy is "Stuff I Learned Yesterday" it is produced by Golden Spiral Media. It comes out sever times a week with several different hosts. Each short podcast shares a fun fact and an encouraging story. There is a Facebook group […] Read More

We live in a global fan economy. A person can live in Texas and pull for Manchester United. I know many loyal Packers fans that live far from Lambeau Field and who are owners. Take me, I pull for the USA in the Olympics but Great Britain and The Netherland are favorites of mine. When […] Read More

At the start of this month I did my Reflections on 2014. January is usually a time for resolutions or goals. Reading over my reflections post, listening to the Stuff I Learned Yesterday podcast, and being sick this weekend got me thinking about goals for the year. OK, let's break this down a little. Taking […] Read More

As an adult, it seems like the years just go by more quickly. But 2014 flew by. I will not say it was my hardest year, but it was a challenging one. 2014 saw my Dad recovering from his heart surgery (in late 2013). Mom was diagnosed, had surgery and chemo for cancer. It saw […] Read More

Well season 1 of Serial has come to a close. I can't share my conclusions in a tweet (or five), so I did this post. I heard about Serial from friends and got drawn in and mainlined all the eps getting caught up over Thanksgiving. It is an intriguing and engrossing story. Sarah Koenig and […] Read More

Mother=Servant?   Mother: 6. An appellation given to a woman who exercises care and tenderness towards another, or gives parental advice; as when one says," a woman has been a mother to me. "mother." Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language. 2014.https://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/mother (10 May 2014). Servant: 5. A person who voluntarily serves another or acts […] Read More