Cameron Schroeder, Ministry Associate

I’m not really sure when, why, or how “My Favorite Things” became a Christmas song, but inexplicably it has. If you need a refresher, this is a song from the classic film The Sound of Music . The movie follows a young Maria as she serves as governess to the seven von Trapp children in Austria during 1938. The Sound of Music is both a historical drama and a sweeping love story, set to the music of Broadway heavy-hitters Rodgers and Hammerstein. And, despite the picturesque landscapes and...

Since my first day at Mercer, I’ve learned a lot about bears (naturally). Most of this should have only been a refresher. You can’t grow up in Macon without taking a trip to the Museum of Arts and Sciences and seeing the giant polar bear, or taking a trip to Atlanta and seeing the panda bears that lived at Zoo Atlanta for twenty-five years. You can’t grow up in Georgia without learning that the only native bear in Georgia is the black bear, and if you were like me it was disappointing to...

Daylight Savings Time is over, and we are officially back in Standard Time. We have entered the time of year where days feel like they are 76 hours long and it is dark by 3 p.m. I guess even the sun needs its beauty rest. In the Schroeder household, the time change also means the return of the Lizard Lamp. Don’t worry, there’s no secretly-kept pet amphibian wandering around—we are strictly a two-cat household. My Lizard Lamp is actually called a sunlight therapy lamp, and it’s because I have...