From Costa Rica to the front stoop (5-photo-Friday)
Friday Potpourri. Five photographs, five short takes.
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Preparing a room: “Behold I stand at the door and knock!”
“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.” – Revelation 3:20 This morning’s post is low key and invitational (I guess this blog is always an invitation, into my thinking processes and my…
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Beauty, grace, hospitality, and church architecture:
For the most part, I enjoy all of my work. The fact that I earn a living via writing, teaching, talking about my books, and a little photography is a blessing of the upmost magnitude. I am grateful in so many ways. Saturday was the “taking photos” part. I serve as “official” photographer for the…
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getting the ball rolling on a new book (well, trying…)
deep-dive into a new book
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The meaning, the message, the manger, and the Messiah: a photographic journey toward Christmas
it came upon a midnight clear
unearthing a hidden treasure
So this was a little bit exciting. I have been doing some “deep dive” work in my parents’ home this week and came across this old pencil sketch from 1982. It’s the ancient parish church in the quaint village of Isleham in Cambridgeshire, England. Back when I was young I used to enjoy the meticulous…
A Living Benediction – “Grace and Peace Y’all!”
A crowd of small children smiling and telling you - at the tops of their voices - that they want you to know and understand how much the God they love and trust loves you too.
Leadership: our job is to awaken possibility in other people
So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses’ face, they were afraid to come near him… Then he would give the people whatever instructions the Lord had given him, and the people of Israel would see the radiant glow of his face. So he would put the veil over his…
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the best witness is vibrant, love-saturated life #LettingLifeLoose
faith in Jesus isn't about judging others and condemning their lives, but - instead - about inviting them into something beautiful that we are experiencing as alive and demonstratively vital.
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How brightly does Christ’s light shine through you? A few thoughts on “Leadership”
God wants these great riches of the hidden truth to be made known to the people who are not Jews. The secret is this: Christ in you brings hope of all the great things to come – 1 John 1:1-5 Seeing how the life of Jesus animates who you are brings the hope of glory…
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