The "official" 2021 Christmas photo So it is time for the traditional "Rebekah & Derek Annual Newsletter." It's all right here, folks, the year 2021 in a nutshell: Rebekah and Derek turn 65, 12 more months of Covid,The end of an era,40-years of active, full-time ministry wrapped up in an epic retirement celebration, Four generations …
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,[c] these things ought not to be so. - James 3:9-10 - Rebekah and Derek go to church.... Rebekah and I headed in to Raleigh Sunday, to …
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- official 42nd anniversary portrait Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God,till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. Psalm 71:17-19Retirement is defined in terms of what is …
Continue reading we are not retired, we are recalibrating, and reinventing, and re-creating
- Wake Forest Presbyterian Church, Sunday morning April 11 I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let’s go to the Lord’s house!” Now our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem! Happy Monday, friends! I think I have said this before, but the experience of a wonderful Sunday morning is probably one of the best interventions possible in …
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"This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
our calling is not so much to be right as it is to be faithful
I am amazed sometimes at the emotional impact a simple photograph can deliver.
possibly my best photos from Europe (to date)
Derek Maul: Words and Photographs for the Journey 