On Sunday, a student at my former college, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, was shot and killed in the dormitory. As yet, there’s not much information available other than the assumption the two were having an argument that, somehow, ended in the one of them being mortally wounded. This is a school of fewer than 200 students. [...]
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In just three weeks, I’m scheduled to fly back to Paris. As I think of that time quickly unraveling, I must pause and take stock of the summer here in the US. First, it has been full of challenges. I have been working to set up meetings with the aim of not only soliciting financial [...]
Getting Settled In
Posted: Fri 5 March 2010 in Cuisine, Photo-A-Day Project, photography, wordsTags: daily photo, Paris, photography
Wednesday morning, I arrived, made it through the airport and into the city, where I’ll be staying. I have a small room in an apartment in the 19th arrondissement, which is Northeast of the center of the city by a few kilometers. Last night (Thursday), I had a nice long walk from here down to [...]
Annie Leibovitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon . . .
Posted: Mon 8 February 2010 in wordsTags: photography
These are my inspiration. They were my inspiration before I knew them. They held the same kind of mindsets that I hold in really trying to draw something real out of a subject and not just have them be as the world would have them be or even what they would choose to show the [...]
I’ve been helping out with the student ministries at my church in South Bend, and some things have been coming to light. First of all, we’re not living in the world I grew up in 20 years ago. Back then, we had Sunday school classes and a single Sunday service and children’s church and Royal [...]
Today, I was given a rare thing. I was able to tell someone who I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to be able to reconnect with again just how much I appreciated him. My friend Matt is some years older than me. Throughout my high school years, arguably the roughest of my life, [...]
Up until, I don’t know… Five years ago or something… I would say that I was a Capitalist Republican. That all those people sitting around on welfare should just get jobs, etc. Until recently, I would have said that I was more of a Socialistic leaning Democrat with Christian morals and am thereby opposed to [...]
Game Days in Indiana
Posted: Mon 26 October 2009 in wordsTags: Autumn in Indiana, Fighting Irish, more cowbell, ND vs. BC, NDU, Notre Dame Football, Notre Dame University, Tailgating
My girlfriend, Claire, is a grad student at Notre Dame University and is intent on making her last year of studies a great one and is pursuing as many of the student activities as she can. As things go, I’m often along for the ride. So far, we’ve done things such as drop into the [...]
Anything you can do, I can do better! I can do anything better than you!
Posted: Wed 21 October 2009 in wordsAfter the prompting of one of my favorite leaders to serve under as well as snippets from others along the way, I finally purchased StrengthsFinder. Actually, StrengthsFinder 2.0. Fancy. It’s a book but comes with a single-use online code to do a “strengths” assessment. Not so much strengths as potential strengths. Right in the beginning [...]
A few hours ago, I walked into the living room to see one of the dogs sitting in the recliner. As soon as she saw me, she jumped up. Now, the thought has just occurred to me that animals can sin – especially the bright ones like dogs. I firmly believe that most cats are [...]
