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Wednesday morning, we drove to Camp Hill, PA where we met with Cindy, our caseworker from Adoption Horizons, for our second (of three) post-placement visits. Basically, it was an opportunity for us to talk about Ethan’s progress. It went very well. That leaves only one more post-placement visit. Sometime in the fall, we will go … Read more
Since we brought Ethan home from Korea in mid-February, we’ve made two trips to Wilmore, Kentucky — to defend our dissertations and to graduate. Tomorrow, we head back out on the road for our third trip in as many months. This time, we’re going to our conference’s annual conference (the yearly gathering of United Methodist … Read more
No surprise here, but as you can see, Ethan likes to get into everything!
Now that graduation is behind us, it’s (past!) time to start packing. As we pack, we’re hoping to do some streamlining by getting rid of some things we’ve accumulated that we no longer use or need. It’s especially during times like these when I become more interested in creating a minimalist home. 😀 In the … Read more
On our way home from Asbury, we stopped in Huntington, WV for a couple days. While there, we checked out some of the memorials related to the plane crash that killed most of the players on 1970 Marshall University football team. Ever since we saw the movie, We are Marshall, we’ve noticed the exit signs … Read more
It may be a corny play on words, but it’s one we’ve heard a couple times already — by one of the members of my dissertation committee and also a fellow student at the doctor of ministry dinner last night — both saying that we’d be a “pair o’ docs.” The weekend began with a … Read more
Today marks the 100th day since Ethan joined our family! In Korea, families traditionally celebrate a child’s 100th day (from birth). Historically, a child’s first 100 days were the most critical. If a child lived that long, they were more likely to survive. While modern medicine has changed that, Korean families still continue to celebrate … Read more
Wow. It’s been a long journey, but we’re finally reaching the finish line! The home stretch of the dissertation-writing process involved preparing the final draft of our dissertations after we received the last edit from the editor at Asbury (see The Rest of the (Dissertation) Story and One Step Closer to see recent lists of … Read more
Lifelong learning is a core value for us (see my post called Lifelong Learning). While our doctor of ministry programs, which have been a major part of our lifelong learning for the last 4.5 years, are just about over, we will continue to seek out new growth opportunities. Besides getting back to our reading pile, … Read more
Following up on what I wrote in Circuit Riders 1.0, I think what challenges and inspires me to be an effective leader is the early circuit riders’ sense of mission — they simply went wherever the people were! Lovett H. Weems, Jr. describes the pioneering spirit of the early Methodists in his book, Leadership in … Read more