BECOMING A BRICKLAYER wasn’t a sure thing in my family. When I reflect on my teen years, I’m surprised it ever happened. In fact, the only reason it happened is Dave Schlabach. Let me remind you of my size back then— just in case you don’t … [Read more...] about Dave Schlabach: The Gift of Grit
Ada Schlabach: Learning to Party with Ada
IT’S ONE OF the things you experience as a new member of a church — you get invited for dinner. In our case, I quickly turned one of those invitations from our pastor and his wife by inviting them for dinner to our home. We’d do dinner at our home … [Read more...] about Ada Schlabach: Learning to Party with Ada
Memoir: Learning to Dance
IN AUGUST 1988, I flew out of Cleveland Hopkins Airport, bound for a year abroad on a Rotary Foundation Scholarship. At 24 years old, I was finishing my BA in English, history and education from a small evangelical Christian college in the … [Read more...] about Memoir: Learning to Dance
Dominic Orsini: Discovering the Essence of Faith in Steubenville
I WAS ATTENDING my first football game with Catholic Central High School in Steubenville — a few weeks after being hired. Shortly before the game began, a new teaching colleague took me to the top of the bleachers to meet two men, one a steelworker … [Read more...] about Dominic Orsini: Discovering the Essence of Faith in Steubenville
The Shack: The Dilemma of Evangelical Christianity
MY BROTHER DAVE is a hard-core construction boss, a man who can stand toe-to-toe with any bricklayer, outwork his entire Amish-Mennonite crew, and hustle all day pushing wheelbarrows and slinging block. So I was surprised by the vulnerability he … [Read more...] about The Shack: The Dilemma of Evangelical Christianity
