It’s been a while since we posted anything, so I thought I’d give a little blip.  Things continue to go well for us.  Yesterday I got to speak to about 14 14-year-olds at a youth retreat for the Catholic church in Newcastle.  It was really fun.  I just told some stories about how we got [...]

It’s been a busy week for us. Thursday we were in Muncie for a goodbye party for our good friends Josh and Michelle Garrels. Friday we were in Muncie again for dinner with our friends the Kristiansens and the Millers (two of the three couples on our team). We had a really fun evening together. [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the underlying messages in our communication. For example, I can say something to my wife that sounds totally supportive, right and loving, but the message is “You need to change A and B for me to accept you” – which is neither loving nor supportive. The same principle [...]