Painfully Hopeful

Most Thankful

I’ve been fighting a cold for the better part of a week, and actually feel quite miserable, but I managed to have an excellent birthday weekend. First, some friends from Massachusetts arrived on Friday and stayed until they continued a journey South this morning. They are some of our best family friends in the world,…

Covenant

I’ve posted images of the stained glass in front of Central’s sanctuary before, but I wanted to get a different angle for today’s meditation on “covenant.” For Christians, our covenant with God is established through Christ – his life, death, and resurrection. These three panes reveal much of that story, and they stand as reminders…

Injustice

On a road outside of Mount Holly, NJ stands an unadorned historic marker. It’s presence indicates the spot where the town of Timbucktoo once stood. It was an all African-American village which once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. From it’s population came several soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil…

Alone

Later in Lent I will be able to create an image for “solitude,” and I look forward to being able to frame my vision of that blessed experience. Why bring this up in a post entitled “alone?” Because our culture terribly confuses these two concepts. They aren’t alike. In fact, I don’t even think they…

Photo a day, a Lenten journey

Tuesday afternoon I came across a rather intriguing image in my Facebook feed. It listed forty topics, one for each day of Lent, and gave some social networking tags to include in posts so they could be viewed by others on the same journey. Lent is an introspective season 1, and Photography can be a…

Unpacking Inner sanctum

I almost wasn’t able to find the time to write for this past Tuesday, but I’m glad I did! This portion of the journey will funnel us to his meeting on the Senate floor. Satal wants to meet with him first, as well as settle the troubling situations of both Michael and Terrin, before she…