Butterflies, orchids, children, and other miracles of nature…
If you enjoy photography then this is the post for you. Yesterday I featured our granddaughter’s fifth birthday (Letter to
Category: life
Letter to a newly minted five-year-old
I want you to understand where that light comes from and what we are supposed to do with it and where it should go. Light comes from God…
Photo-essay from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Stretching from the Appalachian Mountains in the west, through the Piedmont, across the Sand Hills and the Coastal Plains, then all the way to the Outer Banks, North Carolina offers a little of everything and a lot to explore…
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse and North Carolina’s role in securing freedom
there’s this constant tension between what I find fascinating and what I believe is right. I love history, and the stories surrounding great battles are compelling, but I can’t begin to understand violence and the brutal events that play out when nations make war.
Stunning photographs from Duke Gardens
Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in
Life is beautiful (and difficult, and wonderful, and hard…)
Life remains a study in contradictions. Life is good, it is difficult, it is hard, it is rewarding, it is challenging, it is inspiring, it is defeating, it is wonderful, it is frustrating, it is satisfying… it is all of these things and often at the same time.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts”
Jesus is God’s invitation. When we chose to follow we must ask for the courage to be faithful. Because it is not an easy road but a challenging and often treacherous climb.
Can you spell “koinonia”? And – more importantly – do you live it?
I couldn’t help but chuckle yesterday when I learned that the national spelling bee was decided on a word the country at large can’t pronounce, can’t define, and can’t use in a sentence let alone practice.
There are two parts to free will. Freedom from, and freedom for. In making the choice to follow Jesus I am claiming both
the choice to follow Jesus and to be guided by the Spirit is actually a step into freedom. When the Spirit urges us to love and serve one another the result is satisfaction, happiness, fulfillment, and freedom. Not just that we are freed from the bondage of sin but free to embrace the nature we were designed to enjoy.
full speed into whatever – it’s a rush!
one hand on the wheel, roof open, hanging my head out of the window, and feeling the breeze.
