Top 10 Posts of 2011

Top 10 Posts of 2011

Everyone else seems to be doing it, so I guess I’ll jump on the bandwagon once again. I’m sure there are different ways of measuring what posts have done the best over the course of a year. Even between WordPress stats and Google Analytics, I get different...

What Christmas is All About

If I hear another song about Santa Clause or chestnuts roasting over a fire, I might go insane. I really don’t mind Christmas music, but it’s the same songs over and over and over again. As we all get used to being back at work or school, let’s keep...
A New Chapter

A New Chapter

Over the past few years, the idea of becoming a consultant or at least doing some consulting work has come up in conversations I’ve had with friends, coworkers, and even some of my bosses. Every time it had been nothing more than a fleeting thought for me, and I...
Thank You

Thank You

Sometimes it’s hard for me to say thank you. I encourage my children to say thank you at every appropriate time, but I myself fail at it often. I’ve been getting better at this recently, but sometimes the little things that people do for me happen without...
Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno

I find it interesting how the status of a person can elevate them above consequences in the minds of their supporters. The news of Joe Paterno losing his job sparked riots in State College. To his supporters involved in the riots, Paterno is not culpable for anything...
Patience

Patience

I remain confident of this I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:13-14 NIV Am I being patient? I have not learned to wait on the LORD. I have an idea of what my...
#ThingsIFear

#ThingsIFear

I like to check out the trending topics on Twitter from time to time, and today I noticed #ThingsIFear is the top “non-promoted” trending topic. Some of them are amusing, like “#thingsifear clowns. Anyway shape or form. Good clowns. Mall clowns....
Got Space?

Got Space?

Our family recently hosted some friends of ours in our house. They were moving back to Pittsburgh from Missouri and needed a place to stay until they found a house or apartment. While it was stressful at times, I didn’t really mind having an extra six people in...
30 Years

30 Years

30 years is a long time for anything. I haven’t even been alive for 30 years yet, so I am blown away when I think about someone being in ministry for that long. Over the past month we’ve been celebrating the 30 years of ministry of Pastor Jay Passavant. It...