10+ – The number of people I know who got to spend time in the hospital.
9 – The number of websites I created.
8 – The average amount of sleep I got, in hours.
7 – The number of days I spent outside of the country.
6 – The number of wins the Makeshifts had for the basketball [...]

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born.
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant [...]

CRACK.
The player nailed the ball with the bat, sending it hurtling toward outer space. I knew it would be a home run from the sound of the hit and trajectory of the ball. I saw it all from my seat behind first base.
But wait, the center fielder is running toward second base. What’s going on?!? [...]

Dad: “Go shovel the snow off of the sidewalk.”
Calvin: “Why?”
Dad: “It builds character.”
(A general quote from Calvin and Hobbes)
I reached to grab my sno-cone from the attendant. My sister was slurping away on hers. I looked over a noticed that she had a larger and more-colorful one. Immediately, I started to complain about how I [...]

Micah tagged me, so I will continue the trend: (although I can’t believe that I’m participating in this) Here are five things that you may not know about me.
1) When I was born, my feet were misshaped, curving in too much. I had to wear my shoes on opposite feet for some period of time to [...]

I’m coaching a boys’ basketball team this year, and when I was talking to the league director before the season started, he said, “The awards are what you make of them. If you make them a big deal, then the kids will treat them like a big deal.” And so I will now work toward [...]

“Andrew, come in here and shut the door.”
“Okay, Chris. What’s up?”
“I need to know when you’re coming back from Thanksgiving.”
“Ummmm, I plan to come back on Saturday afternoon.”
“Perfect, I need you to upload some stuff on Sunday morning.”
“Huh?”
“Here’s the deal: you can’t tell anyone about this, but a pastoral candidate will be announced that Sunday, [...]

Serious emotional statements and actions without a corresponding relationship lead to the feeling of cheesiness.
Think about it: we’ve all seen movies with sappy moments that made us laugh. We’ve also seen movies with similar statements and were a little choked up. What’s the difference? The latter film was created in such a way that built [...]