June 26, 2009: I wasn’t sure what the next ten days in El Salvador would hold for me, but I was convinced it was going to change my life. While waiting to meet all of the other apprehensive travelers who would be making the trip, I sat down to calm my nerves and settle my [...]
“Once to every man and nation, Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, For the good or evil side… Then it is the brave man chooses, While the coward stands aside.” – James Russell Lowell This has become one of my favorite quotes and also one that I have determined [...]
I was a confused tourist studying the Boston subway map when a friendly individual paused to offer some directions – “Oh, get off here and straight ahead you will see a building that looks like it’s designed by Albert Speer…you do know who Albert Speer is, right?” I nodded because I knew I recognized the [...]
“Just come home, Ethan”—four words I never thought I would hear my dad say to my twenty-year-old younger brother. I almost could not even believe it. Come home? Did Dad just forget everything Ethan had put our family through in the past two years? I could not help but wonder. Then the anger set in. [...]
Politics … religion … music … These are all discussion topics into which people tread very lightly, knowing their potential as landmines. If your personality is particularly passionate, you understand all the brou-ha-ha. As we venture into a potentially heated debate about music, I would like to offer this disclaimer up front: In offering one [...]
IO: What is the coolest event that you have put together for your group?
JA: We plan an out-of-state trip during the off year of NAYC. This trip is on average 3- 5 days during the first week of August and usually includes whitewater rafting, a visit to an amusement park, and sightseeing of the nearby attractions…
Twenty-two—the number of times instruments is mentioned in the Bible (NIV). Ninety—the number of times music is referred to in His Word. One hundred seven—the number of times singing is discussed. One hundred sixteen—the number of times song or songs is stated. Music obviously had a significant impact in ancient times and clearly has the [...]
