“Don’t stay out past dark or the Demon of the Jungle will get you!” A mother called after her children as they ran barefoot down a dirt path in a small Philippine village, the sun already slipping behind the trees. The air was thick and warm, heavy with the smell of damp earth and woodsmoke.... Read More →
Hook Anyone else remember writing “papers” in high school? I remember getting an assignment to write like 3 page or 5 pages on whatever-it-was and just sweating… like, how am I supposed to write so much!? This is insanity! No human being could accomplish this feat! Then I went to college and my term paper... Read More →
What is your favourite season? [Hand out Bibles] Spring? Summer? Fall? Winter? I’m a bit of a special case. I have two favourite seasons. Christmas and Baseball. And with Christmas now behind us, and pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training in just over a month, the anticipation of opening day has begun to ramp... Read More →
HOOK High School english class. (Hand out Bibles) Just the thought of it conjures up images of Ben Stein from The Wonder Years or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. But despite my general lack of interest in learning the nuances of the language I spoke every day, I still discovered some works that stick with me... Read More →