Relating to time and its passage
• As practice and as terminology • [2 MIN READ] This piece has a 2-fold purpose: (1) to describe the evolution of a practice and (2) to describe the evolution of a term. The Growlers is a running club. It’s been in existence since the establishment of the Jenkintown Running Company that formed and has … More The Overrun
[Archival post] • Ben • Calvin • Nancy • Meesh • Noah • Ben The current CCO church partner to ACF is ‘New Life‘, Glenside (New Life Presbyterian Church). As of 2019, since that partnership began, Ben Thompson has been the staff member serving the fellowship. He is a salaried staff member of both CCO and NLC. Practically, and particularly because NLC … More 2025-2026 Ministerial Leadership
• Past and present • One of my reasons for writing on the open web is to make the writing about what I’m doing findable. There’s risk, of course. If an investigative sort wants to find anything defamatory, they’ll twist and contort anything they find to undermine my future political and prominent social aspirations. I … More Newest Content 2026
• Growlers style • [1 MIN READ] Shoshana arrived to JRC last week just as we Growlers headed out to run the Sunset 5K route (RunORC.com, iCandybyWangC.com). Oh, brother. Her arrival just after we took The Attendance Picture put our minds to J’Adam, who has practically made a career out of avoiding it (iCandybyWangC.com and … More Family Matters (#347: 2026’03’25’W)
• GGR isn’t just about the runners • [<2½ MIN READ] We love the store staff of Jenkintown Running Club because they tolerate us (iCandybyWangC.com; RunORC.com). They also give us running-club discounts. Sometimes they even run with us. Here are a few, both who did and some who didn’t but still made a big impression. … More More JRC Store Staff (#342: 2026’02’18’W)
• In memory • [2½ MIN READ] I met James Craig not that long after I started running with Shawmont Running Club in 2014. He was excellent company and it didn’t take long for us to discover 2 interesting, preexisting points of connection. When he learned that I worked (then) for Arcadia University, he wondered … More All That Jaz (#211: ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/31/26)
• Again, racing not required (this website) • [<1½ MIN READ] To close out 2025 (already!), my thoughts are on the passage of time. 2026 will see the celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial, its 250th birthday. At its bicentennial, I was 13 years old. Thinking then about the age I would be at the turn … More Big Numbers (#207: ZY Weekly Newsletter 12/20/25)
• Let’s keep things moving, here • [2½ MIN READ] The final Donuts and Discussion event took place in mid-November when we gave out donuts free in the campus eatery (this iCandybyWangC.com website and for following). It’s to engage passersby for the purpose of making us in the club accessible as Followers of Jesus. Ben’s … More Time Passages*
• And being a good sport in the process • Lynette moved to the Philly area at the beginning of 2025 and started running with JRC’s Growlers Group Run on Wednesday nights. She decided to run her first marathon not so long after and picked Philadelphia. She’ll be moving back to Florida in December for … More Making Memories in Memorable Ways (#200: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/4/25)
• This one our AK home base • [5 MIN READ] For the nearly 10 years I’ve been a part of ministry in the Copper (River) Valley, I had gotten used to The Willows, the house we rented from Cross Road Medical Center. The place was kind of strange because of the sanitary feel of … More A Very Fine House*
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