Observations from the Tower
Both God and people look down upon us. One for good, the other for evil. One to encourage, the other to discourage. One is constructive, the other destructive. One breathes life, the other death.
Eulogy for Rebecca Ann Fairchild Costello
I opened the front cover of my Bible today to record the death of my sister: December 25, 2020 - Becky Costello. Above that: August 28, 2004 - Donald G. (Ike) Fairchild. It hurts to write that today, just as it hurt to record Dad’s death sixteen yea ...
Underwater Church from the Council of Nicaea
Over the past six weeks I have had conversations, emails and Zoom meetings with Mustafa Sahin, director of excavations at Nicaea, along with Julia de Sigoyer, Professor of Tectonics at the French University of Grenoble Alpes and Pascal Guérin, a Fre ...
When Facts Become Irrelevant – Part 2
“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.” – Simone WeilSimone Weil was a Jewish philosopher who fled France and the Nazis in 1942. Raised as an agnostic Jew, Weil embraced Christianit ...
When Facts Become Irrelevant
Repetition Increases the Believability of an AssertionI object to the mind manipulation that is taking place today. The media (especially social media) is being used to influence and shape the opinions and beliefs of people in unprecedented ways. It ...
Litter Really Bugs Me
Alpine Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park, ColoradoGod’s beautiful creation. Let’s keep it beautiful.We have gotten into the habit of carrying bags with us on our five mile walks through Huntington. We pick up trash that accumulates along the rou ...
Devil’s Backbone
We hiked 9.11 miles through Devil's Backbone in Colorado. I was looking but we didn't see Diablo anywhere. The arch is called the keyhole, but we didn't need a key.
Confessions – #9 – Professionals at Work
I think I would be remiss if I did not confess my sins while working for the Corry Ambulance Service. Larry Wells was my best friend and he was planning on attending medical school after college. Before med school, he wanted experience treating ...
Confessions – #3 – Running from the Law
I’ve never been arrested. I’ve never stole anything, I’ve never done drugs and I don’t commit crimes. So, what’s the problem officer? . . . Snowballs, you say? My first year of college was at Penn State Behrend, the campus in Erie. I didn’t have ...
Confessions – #2 – My Introduction to Law Enforcement
I have known from my youth that I have a compulsive, almost obsessive, predilection for throwing snow. I grew up in a small town in NW Pennsylvania where we annually received an average 126 inches of snow (most in PA & 15th most in the US). Ther ...