A night at a junction

The Sun was beginning to dip below the horizon before the lights of the junction appeared to the party. Unlike The Boulevard in the Outer Valleys, however, no one seemed to be in a hurry to get indoors as night approached. Lines of evertorches lit up both the roadway, as well as the green stretches…

Casper the Maudlin Ghost

This is my favorite image from a photo walk I took late Saturday afternoon. The light was wonderful, and I made my way down to the river so I could walk back with the Sun at my back. This poor little guy was part of one home's Halloween decorations. Far from scary, he's actually kinda…

The Centrality of Worship

What’s the most important aspect of worship? Many “contemporary” Protestants would likely say, “music,” as that’s almost become synonymous with worship over the past thirty years. I’ve been to churches where pastors get up in front of the congregation and say, “Well, that was some great worship. Now let’s hear from The Word.” Classical Protestants…

Simpsons Sky

It’s been a rather tough week around these parts. So for my Saturday post I want to do something short, sweet, and fun. The Sunday the Pope was in Philly, I wandered down to the banks of the Delaware to see if I could get an image of the Pope flying away in the helicopter…

Whatever happened to community?

On October 5th 2015 Philadelphia area colleges and universities were on alert because of social media threats made on social networking. At the same time some of my old friends from Eastern, who work for peace in Jesus’ name down at The Simple Way, had also received threats which they described with the statement, “we…

Goodbye Nook

Several years back I received my first eBook reader for Father’s Day. It was a Nook Simple Touch with glow-light, and I loved it. I took it with me everywhere and found reading on it extremely pleasurable. So much so, in fact, that purchasing printed books became reserved for special volumes which I wanted in…