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  • “First” Hotdogs

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Following the first church service I attended in El Canon, the team I was with from my church began to prepare for a community hotdog lunch, a tradition the team had started the year before. I would later learn that the “hotdog lunch service” was the most well attended service Read more

  • The Other Canyon

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Hotdogs- they have never struck me as more than a food of convenience. I have eaten my fair share of them over the years, but I have never gone somewhere because of them. In fact, I have often tried to avoid this mystery meat with the exception of backyard cookouts. However, I would Read more

  • We All Need to Eat

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Our need for the most basic tangible items is something that has long been recognized. In 1843, Abraham Maslow proposed his now famous and widely recognized “Hierarchy of Needs”. I do not necessarily ascribe to every aspect of the theory, but it would be very hard to argue with the idea Read more

  • Fully Realized

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Has what you believe about reality and the future ever been challenged? Mine certainly has. I think it would be hard to answer no to that question in today’s world of constant information flow. We often think of these challenges to our way of seeing the world as a negative, Read more

  • Fully Aware

    Good afternoon from Westminster, MD! I can remember when I truly realized that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with my wife, Jen. My realization changed the trajectory of my future (for the better I might add!). Saul, our friend from the last post, had a realization that not only changed his name Read more

  • In a Flash of Light

    Good afternoon from Westminster, MD! Before Paul was Paul, he was Saul. Saul and Paul may have been the same person physically, but they were hardly the same person in almost every other way. Saul was on the “fast track” to pharisaical fame and power. A movement referred to as “The Way” had emerged as a threat Read more