This clip is taken from the special meeting of the Pine-Richland school board on June 2, 2021. The meeting was called to vote on the approval of hiring a Head Football Coach for the 2021-22 school year. The speaker is me, Marc Casciani, Treasurer of the board. Because traditional and social media outlets distort theContinue reading "Pine-Richland Football #NeighborlyLove"

What is gossip? According to the dictionary, it's defined as casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true. Here's another definition. Gossip is sharing information with somebody who is not part of the problem or the solution. By these definitions, it seems like allContinue reading "Gossip on Steroids"

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won’t you be my neighbor? Mister Rogers visited Tatiana Vedeneeva's Soviet children's show in 1988. Published March 4, 1988. (Post-Gazette Archives) The late, great Fred Rogers treated everyone like a neighbor. When Mister Rogers extended the invitation, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” he was genuinely humanizing each ofContinue reading "Happy 143 Day!"

How has the human raced evolved, or perhaps more accurately devolved, into creatures that can't sit still at a stoplight for one minute without checking their smartphone? Every time I'm stopped, I look around at other drivers to take notice. It makes me so sad to see so many with that addiction. More than likely,Continue reading "The Good Neighbor"

In daily spiritual battles, there is a special breed of athlete ready to answer God’s call. An ordinary human with an extraordinary desire to do God’s will. Forged by adversity, they stand alongside Jesus’ finest disciples to serve the Holy Spirit and usher in God’s Kingdom on earth. I am that athlete. My Tetrahedron isContinue reading "The MindWolves Creed"

One of my mentors, Seth Godin, said this on a recent blog titled, Compared to what? Image courtesy of Glory in the End Zone - Catherine Nelson (catherinemoorenelson.com) Organized sports, particularly for school-age kids, present a real challenge. The results are easily measured and are on just one axis. Points scored. Winning vs. losing. IfContinue reading "Win Humble"

Have you ever had a problem that appears to have no solution? Has your heart hurt for healing and burned in hope for a rescue? What's the key to seeing an opportunity for good in all the mess and chaos? How can someone look at what everybody else looks at, but sees what nobody elseContinue reading "Heartbreak Into Victory"

I've always been different. My entire life, it seems like I have been placed into situations and environments where I didn't fit in. I've always wondered why. Why do I always feel like the anomaly? It would be so much easier to simply fit in with the crowd, to row with the current, not againstContinue reading "Not On My Watch"