Mar 4, 2019
The last time Scott and I had the opportunity to do a road trip together we realized we had forgotten how much joy we gather from driving with one another for long distances. Truth: We both despise one another’s driving. He thinks I don’t pay attention, drive too...
Jan 16, 2019
1/16/19 Happy Wednesday! Yesterday 22 others and I boarded the plane for JFK and at midnight boarded the flight for Tel Aviv. While in the Holy Land I’ll be keeping a combination of written and video blog. You can find those on the theWest website and/or...
Jan 16, 2019
1/21/19 Happy Monday From Pan 1/20/19 1/18/19 Western Wall https://vimeo.com/312141192 Garden of Gethsemane https://vimeo.com/312141293 Teaching Steps https://vimeo.com/312141391 1/17/19 Shepherd’s Fields Holocaust Museum Walk of the Righteous 1/16/19-...
Aug 30, 2018
On our Uganda trip in October of 2017 we stayed in a new hotel in the village of Pakwach. Apparently it was REALLLLLLLY new, because they were still trying to work out a few kinks with the locks on their doors. A gentleman on the trip, Sheldon – a pastor from...
Aug 29, 2018
Can you have the sacrament of Holy Communion if you chew gum in worship? Recently there was an article in The Charlotte Observer about a young person who was denied communion in the church of his/her faith tradition. There was great debate between the mother of the...
Aug 28, 2018
In a 110 meters hurdles event at the Chinese University Games a hurdler took a whole new approach to the race. Straight from the start he failed to clear the first hurdle and clipped the top of it. When he tried to clear the second hurdle, it was even worse. He ended...