Painfully Hopeful

A Night on the Lawn

The folks at Central Baptist wanted to make sure we remained social this Summer so we didn’t lose any of the positive momentum we’ve built up over the last year. This was a much welcome desire for me, as the dreaded “Summer Doldrums” often kill whatever community momentum we build up over the 10 months…

Unpacking Deep Revelation

This first encounter with the shadows is very intense. So much so that I didn’t realize how short it was until after I’d looked at the word count. Writing it was an extremely visceral experience, as the encounter combined several things I’m rather frightened of. I hate the dark, my imagination is so vivid that…

Fiction Tuesday – Deep Revelations

“Walter, what’s happening?” At the sound of panic in Jeremy’s voice, Ama took the youth’s hand. Her touch touch did calm him somewhat, but he could feel Ama’s power contending with the shadows inside his own being. It felt like he was the rope in a bizarre tug-of-war. “It’s them, lad. Stick close to Ama.”…

The Supreme Court comes to Praise Time

Yesterday during our prayer and praise time a gentleman from Central stood up brought up this past week’s Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. When you allow people to share on the fly you never know what’s going to be said, or how people will receive it, so it was with both deep interest and…

Oceanhorn, action RPG for iOS and Steam

Today I finished up Oceanhorn a Zelda-style adventure came available on iOS and Steam. I’ve been eyeing it since it arrived on the iOS app store a while back, and when a sale hit, I jumped on the opportunity to download and play it. To say the game is “Zelda-like” is an understatement, Oceanhorn feels…

On Board a Galleon

Yesterday I headed back down the Camden Waterfront to get a closer look at some of the tall ships which sailed into the Philly area on Thursday. The experience wasn’t quite as fun as I was hoping. We only got to one side of the river, and the ships I really wanted to see were…