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Idealizing the Good Old Days

October 6, 2020 By drairwolf 1 Comment

The Good Old Days I grew up in the quaint town of Jacobus, a borough of York, Pennsylvania. My summers were filled with riding bikes and climbing trees. I played tag in my friend Ben’s butcher shop, pretended to be a ghostbuster with my friend Matt and wondered how much it would hurt to pee […]

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Multicultural Lessons in School

July 19, 2018 By drairwolf 1 Comment

Multicultural Lessons in School I’d like to share a story with you. But, first, I’d like you to know how much I love my kids’ elementary school. They have an amazing principal, teachers, and students. I’d also like you to know that my son is a racial minority within his school. Being a white minority […]

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Living Life to the Full

July 27, 2017 By drairwolf 2 Comments

My junior year of college was amazing in many ways. I lived in a great dorm with incredible friends. It felt like I was hitting the peak of the college experience. But, there was one area I was falling behind: dating. All of my close friends were dating. I don’t say that to be dramatic. […]

Filed Under: blog, Life Tagged With: journal, living life, self-reflection

When You’ve Known Your Kids Longer than You Knew Your Dad

May 27, 2017 By drairwolf 12 Comments

Yesterday, I watched my two oldest children walk towards their last day in third and first grade. To them it was just another last day of school as they excitedly told me they were, “smart, talented, good-looking and loved,” which they do every morning before scurrying off to school like squirrels chasing the wind. But, for […]

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How Dropping Your Phone in the Toilet Makes You Reconsider Priorities

March 26, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

Yesterday, my wife had a great day. We’ve been working on our health as a family and I bought her a Fitbit. But, where there were rays of sunshine spilling into the windows of her life, there seemed to be a small grey rain cloud following me. My middle son had an indoor soccer tournament […]

Filed Under: blog, discipleship, Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: humor, iPhone, perspective, spiritual, toilet, tragedy

The Spiritual Discipline of Chaos pt. 2

March 16, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

I’ve thought a lot about successful spiritual  formation in the midst of of surviving parenthood. Last week I acknowledged the value of escaping to some far-off mountain to be with God, but immediately recoil at the very thought of fitting long periods of quiet into my often chaotic life. You can catch up on the first […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: chaos, crazy, spiritual discipline

Dear Christian, It’s OK to Pray for Patience

January 25, 2017 By drairwolf 6 Comments

As a follower of Jesus there are many things I’m encouraged to pray for; my family, school, government, finances, marriage, kids, and also for qualities like strength, perseverance, and love. BUT, there is one thing many Christians think I should never pray for—patience. The story goes, a Christian should never pray for patience because God […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Life, Parenting, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: christianese, patience, praying for patience

We are All Trump

November 9, 2016 By drairwolf 8 Comments

As the sun slowly rises on a country where president-elect Donald Trump now waits to receive his crown, I am thinking about the nation of Israel in the Bible. For many years the Israelites were ruled by God and directed by His prophets. A man named Samuel was God’s main voice to the nation for […]

Filed Under: blog, Life Tagged With: america, american fear, clinton, election, election fear, election results, evangelical, president trump, trump

The Work of God While Waiting

October 3, 2016 By drairwolf 1 Comment

Remember back in middle school when people would pass notes to each other and ask, “Do you like me?”, followed by the instructions, “Circle YES or NO.” I remember being in 6th grade and thinking this girl named Erin, sitting on the other side of the room was cute so wrote just such a note. I can’t […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: job search, life purpose, waiting, waiting on God

Who Are Our Closest Friends?

July 17, 2016 By drairwolf 2 Comments

As I held the phone my chest was tight, clenching my teeth waiting for my brother to respond. I tried explaining why I had not adequately planned nor expressed my desire to see him over a week-long beach vacation near his house. Reasons raced through my mind as I felt misunderstood and small. My brother […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: accountability, alone, brothers, close, close friends, Facebook, friendship, loneliness, siblings, social network

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