It’s been rewarding to use some of these sections to work world-building. In this section we got to explore a bit about the nature of the political realities of The Valleys. Let’s unpack. “Old Times” The nature of the Inner Valleys is on display as the Sun set. The peoples in the larger outer settlements,…
Author: Wes Allen
Wes got back in to Role Playing Games during the pandemic and it’s blown up into a wonderful mid-life crisis. He runs the DM Tales YouTube channel and website, GMs two campaigns, and plays online in another with some old friends. His “day job” is a Baptist Pastor in Philadelphia’s Jersey suburbs.
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…
