About a week ago Palmyra put up a sign advertising an upcoming town hall, co-sponsored by the NAACP and the Palmyra Police department. Given all the highly publicized 1 issues between law enforcement and the African-American community, I felt this was a meeting worth attending. The problem with attending, however, was the fact that I’m…
Category: Thoughts
An afternoon with a friend
This afternoon I had lunch with ABCNJ’s Regional Pastor. He’s been on sabbatical for the last couple of weeks and it was good to sit down and simple converse as friends. My rule was “no shop talk,” I tried desperate not to bring up anything ABCNJ. I succeeded, mostly. After lunch which I headed back…
Sabbath Haiku
A bit achy, and a tad bit anti-social, after a long day Saturday and wonderful worship Sunday morning. I slept the afternoon away and wrote the Haiku to commemorate the occasion. Long day yesterday. Slept the afternoon away. It was glorious. This is a photo taken of myself, my “shutter buddy” 1, and his daughter…
Delaware Water Gap
A few years after my wife and I were married, we found ourselves driving through the Delaware Water Gap on our way home from a friend’s cabin. I immediately fell in love with the location, but have never been in a position to return and actually enjoy it. That is, until yesterday. Our neighbor, and…
Fences
I’m not sure what it is, but I find fences fascinating. Fences are how human beings mark territory, and warn others to stay of “our turf.” When you get down to it, fences really reveal some of the ugliest bits of human nature. And yet, they can be so beautiful. Wrought-iron fences are spectacular subjects…
Looking forward
It’s been a rough couple of weeks, vocationally speaking. So much so that I’m finding the need to take a break from the type of reflection I frequently do and run towards the more creative end of my personality spectrum. Thankfully, I’ll soon have a great excuse to spend a lengthy period with that aspect…
