I enjoy Minecraft. I’m not a very gifted builder, but love to explore the world and create routes upon which to travel. First I head out and create markers which point back towards my main settlement, then I eventually work out laying roads. Once I get to the end of my routes I push out…
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 Walk with Apple’s Photos App
OS X 10.10.3 was released today, and with it Apple’s new Photos app. I’ve already made my move to Adobe Lightroom, but for folks who are on the fence about how to handle the demise of Aperture/iPhoto it’s a big day. In order to test out Photos I migrated my old Aperture library over to…
The Art of Learning
I don’t know all that much, really. That’s not a statement meant to invite pity. In fact, it’s what makes life exciting. I don’t know all that much, which means there’s so much to learn! I adore learning. The art of picking up a new piece of software and putting it through it’s paces is…
Fiction Tuesday – Big Trouble
Walter stepped fully into the small examination room. “If I heard correctly, it sounds like young Jeremy here is in some Trouble, Ama. Does that mean you figured out he was Chasing the Dark out there along The Boulevard?” Ama sighed. “It seems, Old Fox, that you began your eaves-dropping a bit late this evening.”…
Rise Up
This is an edited manuscript for my Easter Sunday sermon – April 5, 2015. It’s launched from Acts 10:34-43 but is set up much different than my typical preaching. Most of the themes from Peter’s message to Cornelius are present, but I don’t unpack them as I normally do. As it’s not my typical way…
Risen Indeed
He is risen. This is the traditional greeting for Christians on Easter 1 for centuries. It’s the message of hope for the Christian faith. Jesus, God in the Flesh, died but is risen. The doors of death have been kicked open from the inside, sin has been conquered, and the hope of the New Creation…
