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Part One: A Recent Home Buyer Reflects on the Desert Fathers

Photo credit: The Wisdom of Stability Spare Key just finished reading Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove's The Wisdom of Stability which makes a case for staying in place and investing in a neighborhood. This is the first of two posts inspired by that book. Spare Key's decision to read the Wisdom of Stability corresponded nicely with my and Amber's recent decision to buy a house. We have...

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Reflection on Mission: Why Sharing Life is Important to Us

I just returned from a night at Art Walk where I got to see a beautiful performance by two Spare Key members at the Springfield Dance Association Community Dance Slam. Abbey performed such a powerful and artistic dance, while Rob played his song Centralia that he wrote for Wild Bob's Musical Book Club. I would have never found myself at this event unless...

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