Daily Connector | Maintaining Sunday school connection | Dan Halterman
I was the Middler SS teacher for about 75% of the Sunday School year, wonderfully and ably supported by Abbie Miller and Shelly Beiting who provided weekly snack and a bit of non-boy balance to the enterprise that had 10 strapping, bright, creative, thoughtful, funny, and energetic guys on the…
Daily Connector | A Silver Lining | Marlene Suter
I consider myself an optimistic person, so when challenging circumstances come my way, I try to find the ‘silver linings’. They’re almost always there, and noticing them helps me feel more grounded and hopeful in troubled times. I’m grateful that I’ve…
Daily Connector | Technical Debt | Tim Armstrong
In software, we have a nasty, hidden source of problems called technical debt. Tech debt is the work left undone at time of delivery; when something is done quickly or cosmetically rather than correctly. In the short term, customers love software accruing tech debt because it means they get their…
Daily Connector | Blessing in the Chaos | Submitted by Lavonne vander Zwaag
“Blessing in the Chaos” by Jan Richardson To all that is chaotic in you, let there come silence. Let there be a calming of the clamoring, a stilling of the voices that have laid their claim on you, that have made their home in you, that go with you even…
Daily Connector | Getting some fresh air | Erin Kelty
I have spent more time outside in the past 3 months than perhaps in the past 15 years. As a kid I played outside all day every day and could go a week without putting on a pair of shoes. I don’t remember any exact moment of transformation, but somehow…
