May
28
Just a-searching for a world with some soul.
Filed Under general, home, Brethren in Christ, reading, watching, listening | 3 Comments
Apologies to those of you who have bookmarked this page and (as I do with many of the blogs I frequent) checked every-day-or-so for an update. I’ve been remiss.
In the two weeks since last I wrote, I’ve packed up the majority of my worldly possessions and moved them back to my parents’ house in Gardners. […]
Apr
26
“Hunger only for a taste of justice, hunger only for a world of truth.”
Filed Under general, Philadelphia, Messiah College Philadelphia Campus, home, learning | 5 Comments
Leaving Philadelphia has me feeling particularly melancholy. Today, describing to Dr. Peterson a wonderful encounter I had on the City Hall bus, my favorite Messiah professor said to me, “See, those are experiences you just can’t have in Harrisburg.”
“What are you doing to me!?” I exclaimed. “Don’t say that! I have to go back and […]
Mar
15
The tides of March
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I think it’s safe to say that in the last seven days, the tides of life have definitely shifted—and not necessarily in my favor. For starters, Messiah kicked off their spring break yesterday, reminding me that I have less than twenty-four hours until I’m back in the City of Brotherly Love (yay!) and back to […]
Mar
7
Not exactly a day at the beach.
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Unlike you unfortunate folks in Grantham, my spring break starts today. Unfortunater (sic), I’m still here in the City of Brotherly Love, not on the way to Florida, as was the plan. It’s rainy here, and while I sit curled up in the comfy chair cradled against the three (almost) floor-to-ceiling bay windows in The […]
Sep
15
My old Grantham home, goodnight.
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In Grantham it is fall already, and the air is crisp with the kind of breeze that rustles the little hairs on your arms. Walking around main campus today, taking advantage of my temporary sojourn from the concrete and steel of Philadelphia, I realize that I am terrifically underpacked: short-sleeve polos and footwear that doesn’t […]