Thursday afternoon a knock sounded from my front door. Central’s church treasurer had stopped by. I invited him in at which point he held out a small gift bag and said, “Here, this made me think of you.”
Tag: hope
Resonance
Yesterday we hosted a friend, and visiting missionary, Kit Ripley for the day. Kit works with the New Life Center Foundation in Thailand.
Where I Am, the Struggle of Peacemaking
After watching events unfold in Charlottesville, VA yesterday I felt compelled to rework my sermon. The result is the post below.
Painfully Hopeful
When I started this blog nine years ago I pondered the name I wanted to give it. I recalled the John Cleese movie, clockwise, which my pastor told me about while I was in college. In it Cleese protrayed a school administrator who was a time management expert, and was invited to teach others his…
We Will Not Forget
Note The post below was written for the Central Baptist Church website. I am reposting it here because my voice is actually a little louder on Painfully Hopeful. The Message On Sunday, February 12, residents in a neighborhood not too far from Central Baptist woke to find hate literature in their driveways. The cards, disguised…
Sunset
I found this image while searching for a different photo and was struck by it’s look. It’s a late-August sunset taken with a fast shutter, low ISO, and high f-stop. The result captures the highlights and leaves the rest of the photo in silhouetted shadow. The extreme contrast between light and dark announces an immanent…
