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...
A statement my family has often heard me make is that I believe “there’s a song for everything.” When I say that, what I really mean is that there really isn’t a subject, emotion, or circumstance tha...
When I’m preaching, I try my best to make good eye contact. I have one friend who gets nervous if he has to look at the faces of those he’s speaking to, so he primarily looks over their heads and at ...
