Party Time

Saturday night Central Baptist held its third annual Chili Cook Off. We hold this in support of our region’s Summer camp, Baptist Camp Lebanon, and all proceeds go toward an endowment campaign. Lebanon is a wonderful place, but camping is not a way to make money. The camp is annual money-loser, but if they were…

Mother’s Day Sunset

We had unending rain yesterday, which made Saturday a bit of a “meh” afternoon. Sunday, on the other hand, has been rather nice. I was able to head out with my neighbor on a nice photowalk and capture a choppy Delaware River. We did have heavy band of rain pass through in the late afternoon,…

Decorating

Central Baptist has a Portuguese speaking sister congregation, IBC. They’ve been part of our family for almost two years, and have brought an brilliant energy to our fellowship. It’s amazing to encounter how our different cultures tend to work, and how we compliment one another in many ways. One area in which our Brazilian family-members…

Close Up

My friend managed to open up my 500mm reflex lens this week in order to clean the mirrors, so I wanted to see if it improved my shots at all. The results were mixed, I would really like to pick up a 500mm autofocus lens at some point, but I did manage to capture these…

Ducks Up High

“Wake up, there’s some ducks on the church roof.” This was the sentence which woke me out of slumber this morning. As I wiped the morning groggies from my eyes I rolled over and pushed back the curtain. Sure enough there were two ducks perched on top of Central’s bell tower. As Monday is my…

Tribute

Today my son and I traveled to Morris Arboretum to take some pictures. Despite having grown up near the site, this marked my first visit. I’ve no idea why I waited so long. The image below is from a tribute etched into a chair set out on the property. It struck me as interesting for…