After breakfast yesterday my daughter cried out from her room, “Dad, [the boy] is throwing up!” I ran upstairs and, sure enough, my poor son was heaving into his trashcan. He spent the next 40 minutes or so in the downstairs bathroom while my wife and daughter finished getting ready for the day. The sounds…
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.
Accordance – In Search of a New Editor
I love Accordance. To me, it’s the Bible Study software. This isn’t to say other Bible apps are bad. I really enjoy Olive Tree, especially on mobile, and I always had a good experience with BibleWorks before I switched to Mac 1. It’s just that when I’m using Accordance I feel like I have the…
Some Photoshop “Just for Fun”
I’ve had some fun in Photoshop the last couple of days. First, on Monday I created an image for “Star Wars Day” 1. My son had taken down the Millennium Falcon from a shelf in my office so he could examine it more closely 2. When I spied it on Saturday I realized I’d never…
Fiction Tuesday – Perception
Ama led the two men through the streets of Water Gap, finally guiding them to a large, but otherwise unadorned building. “Here we are, Jeremy, the Council Hall of Water Gap.” Jeremy was unimpressed with the site. “This is the Council Hall? It looks so plain!” Walter grumped. “I see you’ve got a bit of…
Just sitting (a Monday bonus post)
Yesterday afternoon was wonderful. The weather was beautiful, the Sun was out, and the family was all occupied. So, after I got home from worship and wound-down from the morning, I took a book and went out to the backyard swing to read. I read about a chapter or so, but kept nodding off 1….
Understanding
This is an edited manuscript for my sermon on Hebrews 4:15-5:10 In the first chapter of Hebrews The Son is described as being way higher than the angels, and seated at the right hand of God. In the second chapter of Hebrews, this exalted Son is revealed as Jesus, who came and lived as one…
