Most of us have marked the last week in any of several ways – Thanksgiving and the beginning of Hanukkah on Thursday, Black Friday for intense bargain hunters (and some even shopped on Thursday this year), Small Business Saturday to …
In some ways Liberty University and Lynchburg College are miles apart, but in other ways we are literally and figuratively just down the road. I listened to Liberty’s student convocation this morning as the leaders addressed the tragedies of the …
Perhaps you’ve seen posters on campus recently advertising an essay contest. Students are challenged to respond thoughtfully and articulately to the prompt: “Should We Care About the Poor?” As a person of faith my intuitive response is an immediate “Duh?! …
As one of the Chaplains, I suppose I should not be as surprised as I am when someone thanks me for a small gesture of concern or care. But I am constantly surprised by which gestures someone finds meaningful and …
This is the time of year when we are immersed in all the trappings of Fall. Beautiful colors, pumpkins and leaves, and Halloween tricks and treats tell us we are celebrating a change in season. I’ve heard the debate often …
This week as I prepared for the annual Blessings of the Animals Service, I really wanted to include our community pets, the Dell Squirrels. We have our own special squirrel in our front yard tree at Spiritual Life. I see …
When our three children were still young enough to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, they engaged in an annual ritual. After coming home from the neighborhood hunt for all manner of goodies, they would dump all their candy out on the …
In case you haven’t noticed, Fall Break isn’t really much of a break. Unless you are Dean Eccles and his wife AJ, who ran off to Italy and the Alps, most of us are working hard over break even if …
Throughout my life pets have been like family. From countless dogs, cats, gerbils, hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs to two horses, animals have been central to my well-being. Why is that for some of us? Why do our pets give us …
It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. My mom says some days are like that…even in Australia. These are some of my favorite words, found in the Judith Viorst classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No …