most meaningful stories emerge out of interruptions and disruptions to our otherwise neatly planned lives.
travel
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
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.
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
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!”
Bermuda: an essay in photographs (the cruise – Part III)
thirty-one awesome photographs around Bermuda
Sunday on vacation – no reason to skip worship
To be honest, it’s always mystified me why church attendance goes down in the summer. Sure, when you’re on a boat it’s impossible to show up at church building; but the majority of the time, no matter where we are, there’s pretty much nothing that can stop us from gathering with some community of faith, some church, some body of believers.
The Bermuda cruise – part 1
The heavens tell about the glory of God. The skies show that his hands created them. Day after day they speak about it. Night after night they make it known. But they don’t speak or use words. No sound is… Read More ›
breathing new life into old structures (kind of like God is with the church)
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. – Isaiah 43:19 Rebekah and I are finishing off the final… Read More ›
Washington: another “new favorite town” in North Carolina!
The community of Washington is joining my growing list of “new favorite towns.” Here in North Carolina so far it’s Wake Forest, Black Mountain, Ashville, West Jefferson, Manteo, New Bern, and now Washington. There’s an accessible riverfront, a well-preserved downtown,… Read More ›
