From my journal, sometime in the spring: I like seeing people celebrated. Last night, Delmar and I were on a date and finished the evening off with a stop to our favorite coffee shop Prince St. Café. We perched on the high stools near the window and drank coffee and looked at the twinkling lights [...]
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A Man and His Soup
Posted in acceptance, celebration, Lancaster City, tagged lonely person, Prince Street Cafe, white hair on August 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Truly Scrumptious
Posted in friends, Fulton Opera House, Lancaster City on July 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I love theater. In particular, I love the Fulton Theater on Prince Street. Last night, I fell in love with it again. Twelve of us went to watch the comedy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. No matter how many times I open the theater doors, I get this happy tingling feeling as I look at the [...]
Construction Worker Blesses Starry Eyed Couple
Posted in celebration, Engagement, Lancaster City, love, marriage, wedding preparations on September 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Delmar and I went to the courthouse on my birthday. Our mission: to get a marriage license. We were very happy. Even the brisk, to-the-point clerk couldn’t help but twitch a smile. It was a speedy process (I’m not sure why everyone isn’t married with how fast the process goes!), and we were out the [...]
celebrating people
Posted in celebration, children, Lancaster City, mission, people, vision on December 6, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Today, my friend Benji and I celebrated people. We went into Lancaster City with only one plan: to give people professional photographs of themselves and their loved ones as a Christmas gift. We believe each person deserves to be celebrated. In that conviction, we set out with a “portable studio” and a prayer that God [...]
i dreamed a dream
Posted in friends, Fulton Opera House, Lancaster City on June 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Saturday night we went to the Fulton Opera House to see Les Miserables come alive on stage. The music took us to faraway places, sad and lonely, full of life and death, choices and decisions, and allowed us to search our hearts and see the deep, gaping wounds the world gives to its comrades… and [...]
of frogs and little boys
Posted in children, Kids Club, Lancaster City on June 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hosea looked at me with big eyes as we were driving home from kids club. He’s a little boy with a big temper and it’s not very often you get glimpses of his tender side. “Can you take my frog?” he asked me. “Your frog?” My eyebrow went up. “I found this huge frog on [...]
perspective
Posted in acceptance, celebration, children, Kids Club, Lancaster City, mission on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There I was sitting in the old, bumpy van full of noisy children. I was a million miles away with a thousand “grown-up” worries as I looked out the window at the city street lights. Suddenly a pudgy cheeked little girl poked her face into mine and asked, “Can we go camping sometime?” Bringing myself [...]
things that make you go mmmm….
Posted in children, Kids Club, Lancaster City on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tonight in the city, my girls were in sour moods. They ranted because they didn’t like certain girls. I took the opportunity to mention that everywhere we go, there will be people we don’t like or annoy us. They looked at me thoughtfully; I almost thought I saw a light bulb go off inside of [...]
Worship Experience
Posted in church, friends, Lancaster City on November 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Believe it or not, you can actually find some interesting things in the Penny Saver. I was intrigued by “An Alternative Worship Experience” advertised: a home church experience, above Prince Street Cafe, focusing on the persecuted church. I clipped it out and used it as a bookmark, wondering what friend would go with me. My [...]
The Most Creative Way to Use Left-Overs
Posted in celebration, children, cooking, Kids Club, Lancaster City, Uncategorized on November 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
THE MOST CREATIVE WAY TO USE LEFTOVERS Last Sunday, I sat at home and looked out at the beautiful day. It was a quiet morning, around 11:00am. Mom wasn’t feeling well, so we didn’t got to church. I could hear the clock tick, it was so quiet. I thought of the left-over chicken enchiladas from [...]
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