Now that we have moved beyond Thanksgiving I guess we can start talking about Christmas. Yesterday the fall decorations were packed away and taken back into the attic until next year. Soon, maybe even today, the holiday decorations will be… Read More »Come out of the darkness
Last year’s Thanksgiving post got out a little late. Truthfully, it was a lot late. I wrote, “I’m late, and left wondering if anyone will actually see this post. It’s the day before Thanksgiving after all.” There were only 14… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
The chaotic would we live in is nothing new. Some would argue with me, and some have. That’s fine. They’re entitled to their opinion, and I am happy to leave them to it. Though I find other’s opinions valuable, I… Read More »The Chaos Doesn’t Scare Me
Amazing Love From the very foundation of creation God has had in place a plan to redeem mankind. Though the first humans, God’s ultimate creative work, created in His image, chose to rebel and turn away from their Creator, He… Read More »Amazing Love, My Testimony
“Love each other in the same way I have loved you,” Jesus commands us. What exactly is the “way” Jesus loves us? Jesus continues with the answer, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life… Read More »Love Each Other
There is a place I had wanted to visit since I first found out about it. It is a beach located on the north end of Jekyll Island. I had seen a lot of incredible images of Driftwood Beach from… Read More »Ugly Day at Driftwood Beach
Over the past several days we have had a few deer visit our yard and the trees across the creek. They come here for the abundance of food available, both outside our yard and inside. Here is a short (under… Read More »A Deer Visits My Backyard
Preparing to write a Memorial Day post this morning, I looked back over other Memorial Day post I had written. I could find only one, and it was not written specifically for Memorial Day. It is a post about a… Read More »Remembering “Wally.” Memorial Day 2021.
I’m not usually a fan of Sauvignon Blanc, but this Etnico Sauvignon Blanc from Scout & Cellar is an exception. It was great with the risotto we had for dinner, and notes of green apple on the nose with grapefruit… Read More »A Likeable Sauvignon Blanc
A few months ago my wife and I took a day trip to the north Georgia mountains. Knowing it was a bit early in the season we still hoped to see some fall color. It was a dark, overcast, rainy… Read More »Sitting with a Cat
Making images never really stopped. The pandemic just slowed me down a little, and other priorities have limited time spent on processing photos. There is a huge backlog waiting to be processed, and at the same time I am making… Read More »Getting back to making images
Life doesn’t always take us in a direction we want to go. That’s no surprise to anyone. We all go through difficult times. They are inevitable and built into the fallenness of our human condition. Though we at times will… Read More »Steps of the Godly
Following the 2016 election a lot of people went into instant panic over the realization that Donald Trump had won. It wasn’t unlike the panic that occurred following the 2020 election of Joe Biden, with the exception that four years… Read More »God’s grace is still enough.
I originally posted this in November 2014 and while reviewing my past posts decided this one should go up again. No re-writing. This is it as it originally appeared. The Moon and the Stars Which You Have Set in Place… Read More »The Moon and the Stars Which You Have Set in Place
After setting a goal to post weekly I decided to take some time off for holiday celebrations and get past all the election angst which took over the Internets. I ended the year with a post about focusing on Jesus.… Read More »A Return to Starr’s Mill