Christmas in Their Shoes: Zechariah

After hours of waiting I finally heard the shrill sound of my first born baby’s cry fill the room. I could hear voices saying “It’s a boy!” and “What will he be named?” Then the sound of shock and confusion as my wife, Elizabeth, states that the boy’s name is to be John. I enter … Continue reading Christmas in Their Shoes: Zechariah

Red Sea a Year Later

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=492004867481965&oid=331157436941506&saved If you have been following my blog you would recognize the video from a year ago when I was on PRIME for more on that check out the Page at the top of this post marked "PRIME Blog Posts" and more specifically Red Sea Project. For those of you who did not watch the video … Continue reading Red Sea a Year Later

A Once Disliked Hynm

My senior year in High School, my band director made the decision to follow her husband's job offering in another state and thus would no longer be able to teach at our school. The unfortunate timing set her departure right before Christmas break. Thus the Christmas concert would be her last in our small town. … Continue reading A Once Disliked Hynm

The Crazy Ones

Band Camp. Already your thoughts turn to marching, summer heat, maybe the movie Drum line, or experiences of your own, but not this camp. You see my band director had this crazy idea that bordered "The Music Man's" sense of crazy and the adventure of the "Wizard of Oz." The idea was to bring in … Continue reading The Crazy Ones

A Final Good-bye

It was the last day of summer program for the interns. What had begun only two months before with training followed by teaching third graders over the summer. The final program was over and we, the interns were cleaning up and setting up the classrooms for the school year, knowing that in just 24 hours … Continue reading A Final Good-bye