Winter Stories

Greetings!  Another season of Christmas and celebration are here, and with it brings the close of another semester at Edinboro University.  This semester’s end marks my third in ministry and with it the halfway point of my three-year commitment.  In the past three semesters I have, alongside students, endeavored toward authenticity in life, community, relationships [...]

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Opening Scenes . . .

Buying books, telling summer stories, moving into a new home, late night trips to Wal-Mart (to get all the stuff you forgot at home), seeing people you haven’t seen for months, roasting a 150lb pig in your back yard on the first day of class and then inviting 100+ people over to eat it all! [...]

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Summer Stories

The Potter’s House is typically a place of community, gathering and fullness.  However, as the summer has progressed that fullness has diminished and it becomes a little emptier as the weeks go by.  It is a strange experience to be in any place that is characteristically full and overflowing with people, when it is empty.  [...]

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What has been and what will come

Hello from Edinboro!
    The summer is upon us and its start was a bit of a whirl-wind for me, as I participated in two weeks of training with the CCO, a canoe training trip and a friend’s wedding!  The trainings will help me more effectively minister to college students and work within the world of [...]

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Places of Engagement

Hello!  How are you this spring?  I am well, although I cannot believe that my first year of ministry here in Edinboro is coming to a close.  As I sit writing this letter all the students’ classes and finals are over, seniors have graduated and most of the ladies of the house have packed up [...]

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