Unpacking Departure

There will be a brief exchange between Raleigh and Walter next week, but after that the town of Water Gap will be left behind. It’s a bit of a shame, really. Water Gap might be a small town by the standard of The Valleys, but it’s unique position in it’s society has made it develop…

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Fiction Tuesday – Departure

A knock on the his door woke Jeremy early the next day. Now accustomed to the presence of evertorches, he raised the cover off the one in his bedroom and dressed while bathed it’s warm light. He then opened the door to join the others and found Ami coming down the hall towards his room….

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Allergies – A Haiku

It’s high-allergy season. Energy is hard to come by and so I write this haiku as a reflection of my current mind-set. I’m kind of sleepy Allergies aren’t any fun My eyes want to close

Empyrion Saga – A Review

This month I re-read The Empyrion Saga, by Steven R. Lawhead for the first time since High School. I first encountered Lawhead when I was a Junior at Lancaster Mennonite High School, newly awakened by Christ and eager grow in the faith. After my conversion experience, however, I held on to one nagging worry about…

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Continuing with InDesign

This week I’ve been continuing to play around with a trial of InDesign. As I explored it’s features all I could think is, “Why on earth have I never used this before?” I’m pretty pleased. As I’ve written previously, InDesign is very much a professional tool. There is no hand-holding. Even things like specific character…

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Teaching and leadership

It happened again recently. I heard yet another pastor talking about teaching in an effort to highlight other important aspects of leadership. I’m sure the pastor meant well, as I’m sure all the pastors who take similar lines of thought mean well. An I understand why people would make statements to that effect. Pastoring, after…

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