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Exciting News
I heard a very astute observation recently. They said that you should never announce that you are going to embark on a weight loss journey. Further, you shouldn't post a "before" picture when you are starting. The reason for both is that you immediately get some of...
Pressure Reveals
These are terribly pressure filled times. The pressure builds on so many fronts. From the distant thought of, "Is this the end of the world?" to the day to day, "how am I going to fill my day?" and everything in between, there are pressures all around us. There are...
What You Should Have Done
It seems like it was just a year ago. My Penn Hills Lady Indian Volleyball team decided to not go to Connellsville for a match in response to their act of intimidation following their verbal racial attacks on our soccer players. Oh, that’s right, it was a year ago....
Is Something Missing?
Have you ever felt like something is missing? Perhaps you “have it all” (wife, kids, job, etc.) and yet you aren’t loving life? Maybe you go through the motions and pretend that all is well when it just isn’t. There are other times when you are quite aware that...
Do What You Can…
I was talking with my good friend Brian Herr about my sister's latest blog post. It was about the simple need for companionship. It referenced my son Trey. He had a girlfriend in pre-school. I mean, she was HIS girlfriend. Other girls wanted his attention but...
What Consumes Me
Well, I suppose it should say, "What I'm Consuming" but then again you are what you eat so I suppose it IS consuming me. Anyhow, I'd like to lighten the cultural conversation a bit by listing/describing what I'm watching/listening to/even eating. Watching Blacklist -...
THAT hurts!
As a Pastor, you live a bit under the microscope. I get that. I put a magnifying glass over the microscope in how I live so much "out there." Whether it be this website, social media, or just living so publicly, I put myself in a very visible lifestyle. I'm cool...
Transitions
It is summer. The season so many of us yearn for throughout the dreary and occasionally bitter days of winter. Finally, school is out and there is time to do everything. Days into it the weather is not "summery" and "everything" has been replaced with "there is...
Who Needs Me?
I get in my own head sometimes...a lot. I'm not talking about simple introspection. I mean drive myself slowly crazy with worse case scenarios and what if's. We've gone over this, past hurts leave marks for a lifetime unless comforted...but even then. There can be...
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Jay Mitlo
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