most meaningful stories emerge out of interruptions and disruptions to our otherwise neatly planned lives.
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Life – busy and beautiful – #5PhotoFriday
The past seven days have produced so much worth writing about it’s like the perfect illustration for the “live like you mean it” imperative
“God’s Grace is more than enough” – 2018 Derek & Rebekah Maul Newsletter
We didn’t come here to go to pasture but to get to work, and meaningful work comes both with its rewards and with its costs.
What can we learn from all these veterans and the graves of their comrades?
This is a good day to look at pictures of cemeteries. The stories they hold speak of real people…
“More than just an amazing Frisbee-Golf course…” #ColumbiaSeminary
The campus of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. As we used to say in the early 80’s, “more than just an amazing frissbee golf course….”
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.
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.
