Places Seldom Seen - Photos & Publications by Mark R. Fairchild, PhD
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 ...
Yesterday, I spent the day uprooting, pulling down, cutting up and disposing two spruce trees on our property. During that time, I felt a bit melancholy, thinking of my hometown in Corry, Pennsylvania and our Annual Christmas Tree burn. In High S ...
When I was in 9th grade, I was smaller than I am now (6’1”) and I was skinny. The coaches did not think I would be much of a football player. So, I was one of the last persons on the team to be outfitted with a uniform. I was given no spikes, a helm ...
Most of the creatures that I know who do not believe in humans have never investigated the issue. They believe there were no people because others have told them so. However, the Scriptures claim that the earth declares their glory . . . and failure ...
Most of the people that I know who claim there is no God have never investigated the issue. They believe there is no God because others have told them so. Maybe it was their friends or parents or perhaps a teacher. And I suspect those people themsel ...
Cowering in Fear Today, in response to the Corona virus, HU decided to cancel face to face classroom instruction and will finish the semester with Internet and Zoom classes. Shuddering in utter fear, I have climbed the cliff face and have re ...
Knowing that it would probably be the last time I would see the ancient city of Hasankeyf, I visited eastern Turkey in 2013. I had visited the site a few years earlier, but this time the local residents seemed more dejected, resigned to the ...
For most people, Christmas is the biggest holiday on the calendar. It is a time when the business of life stops, families gather together and we reflect upon what God has done for us. It is a time of joy and laughter. It is also a time of sorrow and ...
Is there a bridge to span today’s politically, socially and religiously bifurcated America? If so, you won’t find it among today’s political parties. There seem to be no independent thinkers and the pressures to acquiesce to party decisions is stifl ...
Some time ago good friends of ours lost their son through suicide. I am still shocked and think about it now and then. He was a handsome and intelligent young man who seemingly had everything to live for. Yet, he was walking through a dark tunnel fr ...