Today our middle school PTSA hosted an appreciation event for the staff, something we've been doing once a quarter. This time it was an afternoon tea to accompany an after school staff meeting. Our events aren't catered, they're not fancy but there's lots of homemade goodies. This fall we hosted a taco bar for dinner... Continue Reading →
Monday Musings: 40 Photos
Half way there. I'm at day 20 today. So via our church's Pinterest board I found this Lenten photo a day challenge. Except for Day 1, every day of Lent you are given a single word. Sometimes it's a verb, sometimes a noun. Sometimes there's an obvious image that comes to mind, sometimes I have... Continue Reading →
50 Shades of Hate
I have a confession to make. It's not something of which I'm terribly proud. It is, however, a part of who I am. I am a racist. I am a homophobe. These are not statements you normally hear someone say about themselves. These are not goals to which most (civilized) people aspire. And, if you... Continue Reading →
Monday Musings: Getting the Horse to Drink
So you probably know of or have a horse that you can get to the water...either willingly or kicking and screaming. But once there, the horse refuses to drink. Maybe the horse isn't thirsty yet...so time goes by...maybe it should be thirsty now, but still refuses to drink. So more time goes by...the horse has to... Continue Reading →
“world”
I just posted entry #8 to my Facebook page...#8 out of 40...should I complete the challenge. The challenge is to take a photo each day of Lent, each day having a word that the photo needs to represent. Two days ago, Monday, the word was "world". What to do for that? We have a globe... Continue Reading →
Monday Musings: Team
Team...a group of people working together towards a common goal. Typically the image of a sports team comes to mind. But words like group, committee, task force, etc can be substituted for the word team. Team goals may vary from winning a contest of some type, doing research and presenting the findings, developing something, or... Continue Reading →
Monday Musings: Volunteering
Volunteering...generally a good thing, generally a fun and fulfilling activity...sometimes absolutely thankless, sometimes demoralizing. I started doing a bit of volunteering back in college. I joined Alpha Phi Omega, a national co-ed service fraternity. We were the Alpha Alpha Chapter at the University of Illinois. I'm thinking we had on average 30-40 new members join... Continue Reading →
Moral Authority?
In the last few weeks, the same question has come at me from a couple different directions in a couple different forms. In a recent tete-a-tete I had with a Facebook friend and fellow scouter, he postulated that his morality was based on biblical teaching while mine was based on nothing but my feelings, and... Continue Reading →
On My Honor – taking a bold step forward
When I started putting this blog together a few weeks ago, I had no idea what my first post would be. I had lots of ideas. But never in my wildest dreams did I believe it would be this. In case you have not yet heard, the national office of the Boy Scouts of... Continue Reading →