Painfully Hopeful

Go ahead, blog with iOS Scrivener

When iOS Scrivener came out one the features I believed missing was the ability to export as markdown.Ninety percent of the time this is not an issue, copying and pasting the text of a markdown formatted post works just fine. That other ten percent however occurs when I insert footnotes into my posts 1. I…

Refuge

This past Sunday I preached on Psalm 16, which many scholars designate a “Song of Trust.” It opens with these two verses, Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” (NRSV) In this season of a volatile…

Center City

Title: Painfully-Hopeful-2016 Author: Wes Allen Base Header Level: 1 Format: complete Several weeks ago we were driving home at night and I happened to look toward Center City Philadelphia1 just as we were crossing over the Cooper River. I said to my friend, “We need to get back here.” He agreed. Unfortunately, we’ve been caught…

Unpacking High road to Woodhall

The characters decided they wanted to take their time on the Woodhall road this week, but not so much that it throws off my map for the rest of the story. Let’s unpack. The empty plateau The reason the plateau is empty was mentioned in last week’s unpacking, but what’s fascinating about it’s emptiness is…

Fiction Tuesday – High road to Woodhall

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link The group walked along the wide road toward Woodhall in silence. The temperature was relatively pleasant, especially given the time of year and the altitude at which they walked, but…

On Star Trek: Beyond

This past week I was able to catch a showing of Star Trek: Beyond. I was largely disappointed by Into Dark1, so I really didn’t have a great deal of expectations going into this movie. To me, the greatest point of interest was the name of the person who created the story, Simon Pegg. I…