by Tony LaMarca | Oct 6, 2011 | Archived
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...
by Tony LaMarca | Oct 5, 2011 | Archived
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...
by Tony LaMarca | Sep 29, 2011 | Archived
With a blank page in front of me and a cursor beckoning me to type, words begin to appear on the page as fragments of my heart and mind turn to text on my screen. Typographical errors add a splash of color as my thoughts drip out at a few words per minute. I’ve...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 9, 2011 | Archived
I know there is another month plus before the first day of autumn, but I am thinking about the change of seasons. Maybe it’s the cold front that came through with rain and cooler weather that’s got me thinking about the coming change. One thing is for...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 8, 2011 | Archived
Are you looking for some great new music to add to your collection or broaden your set list possibilities at church? Adam Farrell’s new album, To Know You More, is well worth more than the $8.91 it costs on iTunes. You can find it on Amazon too if you want a...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 7, 2011 | Archived
My team at work is reading through The Life You’ve Always Wanted together and we had a discussion in our meeting the other day about the discipline of celebrating. We asked each other the question, “What can you celebrate right now, or what are you...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 30, 2011 | Archived
Money is a delicate topic of conversation for most people. The family bank account can be the source of heated arguments among spouses. No one really looks forward to bills and collection notices in the mail. Listening to people like Dave Ramsey can be uncomfortable...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 29, 2011 | Archived
My last post was about cleaning house online. I had grown tired of wanting upgrade this and that but not doing so in fear that I would mess up any coding that I worked long hours on. So I downloaded everything as a backup and started from scratch. I’ve learned a...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 28, 2011 | Archived
Have you ever worked on a project over a long period of time? You tweak things here and there over the course of days, and those days turn into months and years. When you think you finally have it the way you want it, you realize that something you did messed up some...
