“Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to knowing.” St. Gregory of Nyssa Today is the Memorial of the Guardian Angels. In Jamaica we met a whole host of them. True to our idea of angels, they are clad all in white. The resemblance stops there, however, as they tend to be small in stature,…
Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Friday, September 28, 2012 6:45 PM Jamaica Time I am sitting at a table in a makeshift dining room/men’s dorm in what in what usually serves as the chapel for Holy Innocents Maternity Home, run by the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP) in Kingston, Jamaica. I won’t be able to post this blog until my return…
The past few weeks have been a blitz of activity. Two very special people Jerry and I met on our travels to professional conferences in California and Canada came to visit. Both brought hearts brimming with love and concern for our Ranchers, and heads simply bursting with ideas. A week ago this evening, Daniela and…
Just hangin’ with the guys
Calvin Keeney, RA of Gabriel House Of the six Resident Assistants, Calvin Keeney, RA of Gabriel House, has been with Down Home Ranch the longest, having begun working as a Weekend RA in October of ’08. I’d always thought that Calvin had heard about the Ranch from his buddies at Mary Hardin Baylor who worked weekends,…