Author: David Green

Merry Christmas! and a Happy New Year! The Green family is enjoying a delightful Christmas season. We entertained Ruth's brother Peter and his family from North Carolina the weekend before Christmas. Later that week Benjamin returned from Grove City College and Daniel and Ginny arrived from Maryland. We enjoyed all the Christmas traditions, with one… Continue reading January 3, 2017 — Christmastide!

Last week was the first time I can remember (which probably means about 2 months) that I had a week in the office without a major project, like a newsletter. Bonnie, my assistant, and I have been cleaning out old, formerly useful books and materials, and reorganizing the office. Over the past 30 years I've… Continue reading December 20, 2016 — Office Catch-up!

I'm on the last leg of my trip home from RUF Staff Training in Denver. Staff training is always good, but tiring. I did some teaching, met with everyone I supervise plus some, and attended some of the other sessions. My ministers had a good fall and are well-situated for the spring semester. The biggest… Continue reading December 10, 2016 — RUF Staff Training

People are often surprised at how much I travel. I love traveling, and consider it one of the perqs of my job, not a trial. Nevertheless, I'm always glad for the end of the semester and to spend a week or two at home. I'm not always able to stay at home - things come… Continue reading December 4, 2016 — Office and Lehigh

It's been a whirlwind four weeks, as perhaps you guessed by the lack of reports. I will spare you the details and just hit the highlights. I left you on October 24 when Ruth and I were in Kansas visiting Jon and Trisha Dunning in Manhattan - the "Little Apple." We had a fine time… Continue reading November 21, 2016 — New England, Maryland, Atlanta, West Virginia

Last week at this time I was in Atlanta for intern training. I taught a session on setting goals, which I thought was rather ordinary, but seemed surprisingly helpful. On Wednesday I flew to St. Paul, Minnesota, where I was joined by Ruth. We had dinner with Brandon and Erin Haan that evening, and I… Continue reading October 24, 2016 — Atlanta, Minneapolis, Manhattan, Lincoln

Last week I put 1,000 miles on my car. The week began with the drive to Pittsburgh to see Derek and Luda Bates and RUF at the University of Pittsburgh. I arrived in time for a bit of exercise before another exciting dinner with Derek and Luda. Among other things we discussed a Christian approach… Continue reading October 16, 2016 — Pittsburgh and Akron

Last Sunday I landed in Atlanta at 10:00 PM and took the subway to the hotel. I arrived about 11:00 PM, to discover that the hotel had stopped running their shuttle van after 10:00 PM. So I walked. I got to sleep soon after midnight. Monday and Tuesday were occupied with meetings with the RUF… Continue reading October 9, 2016 — Atlanta and Millersville

I spent every spare minute last weekend doing house chores, especially cleaning up after the renovation in our third floor. It's looking nice up there, and the office will be much improved when we're able to move back in. I was up early Monday morning scrubbing the floor before I had to head up to… Continue reading October 2, 2016 — Vermont and Connecticut

I was thrilled that Ruth decided to accompany me to visit Nick and Erin Owens and the RUF ministry at the University of Delaware. We drove to Newark, Delaware on Monday and had dinner with Nick and Erin, who weathered their first fall outreach season with a new baby impressively well. This was only their… Continue reading September 27, 2016 — Gaining Traction in Delaware