Archive: January 2006

A day full of experiences to ponder and digest

August 30, 2005
I felt rather smug and close-minded going into Saturday's downtown tour, believing that in my 18 years in Harrisonburg I had seen all worthy of my attention. I had made the necessary connections with my community through my homogeneous church and school. My very presence in the Court Square Theater began to prove me wrong. Ironically, in a building I had never entered carrying a program I never knew existed,... More »

The invasion is almost here!

August 25, 2005
The hundreds of hours spent by EMU faculty planning and preparing orientation and the manpower used to set up and get ready will be put to the test in 14 short hours. At this point a person has two beneficial options left, the first being to pray, and the second to inflate as many helium balloons as possible to represent the welcoming and excited spirit that pervades the campus. Those... More »

I'm wildly anticipating EMU

August 13, 2005
Now I know what my campers must have felt like before, during, and after they staggered off of the unwound tire swing this summer. Sitting down they were rather aprehensive but cautiously excited; but I wound the swing for them, their peers cheered them on and they pushed themselves out of their own comfort zones. As the swing began to unwind, all of their anxiety turned into raw excitement and... More »