photos and stories from a men’s retreat at Smith Mountain Lake
the beautiful privilege of living in the light comes also with the responsibility to follow Jesus in such a way that others are invited into the story.
Category: Travel
grandkids, back to school, and Virginia history…
I am so glad that our grandchildren are interested in their world, and learning to understand what we can learn from history.
41 Images of the Appalachian Mountains You Won’t Want to Miss #TravelPhotography
it is good to take pause when and where we can, and to understand this world from the perspective of mountains, where the long view is the only view that counts
Life is short… Go on a Pilgrimage
I plan on approaching this long weekend as a pilgrimage of sorts. I will actively look for the presence of God along the way.
Antebellum (Ya-Ya Sisterhood) Plantation Mansion Touches Our Souls
The mansion carries itself with a consummate dignity, an elderly, venerable gravitas that speaks of both a past and a future.
An evening at the Chef & the Farmer with Vivian Howard
then – icing on the cake – Vivian Howard herself stopped by our table for a welcome and a chat.
Redefining “wealth” to include what is really valuable #FlowerPower
in prayer that we do not sell our souls for the price of a lump of coal or a 1,200-year-old tree or – God forbid – another extinction… maybe our own.
Final photos from our vacation #CreationRocks!
Understatement of the millennia, Hebrew poet who penned The Creation Story; it should be more like “God checked out God’s creation work and – BAM! – it was beyond spectacular!”
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
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…
