Painfully Hopeful

The City of Ember

When I first saw the preview for The City of Ember I was intrigued. During High School I worked in a mall and while working there I actually thought about what it would be like if the mall corredors were the only “outside” people actually knew. Yes, I have an odd imagination, but someone took…

Third Chaplain Skit

This is the third skit from the Student Chaplain retreat – entitled, “Initiation Day.”

Good Ol’ Eastern

Here is the second installment of the Chaplain’s sketch night. This time we’re taken into the world of Eastern’s perspective student tours. My only regret is that they didn’t play up the Doane-zone more. That place is all the proof you need to believe in quantum physics.

Chaplain Skits – “Out to Pasture”

On January 18 Eastern University’s Student Chaplains put on a sketch night – marginally themed around “community.” This was perhaps my favorite sketch, the un-interested director’s run down of upcoming activities makes me laugh. However, this one will never be shown during worship, I’d get caned.

Seeing Opportunities Instead of Problems

This past week the Philly area was blanketed by a rather strange storm. The forecast (which have been historically wrong all winter) was for 1 -2 inches of snow, followed by significant rain-fall. This isn’t that unusual for this area. We’ll get a few inches of snow, and then a ton of rain. This is…

Where I come from…

This morning I got my quarterly update from Lancaster Mennonite High School. It’s always a great read for me, LMHS has done some incredible work in education and passing on the Anabaptist tradition – I’m quite proud to have graduated from that school. I’m also proud to have graduated from Eastern University (nay, College), and…