Wishful Thinking

It is one of the better facets of our nature as human beings to be hopeful. I, for one, enjoy the company of optimists and visionaries, because it calls up the idealism in my soul that is ever trading blows with a certain inbred cynicism.
Until the day I draw my last breath, I want to [...]

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Morning Unfolding

I like taking pictures in early morning light. Today, there was some rapid change in clouds and lighting, and as it turned out, I ended up taking three pictures over the span of 4 hours or so that showed the unfolding of the day:
Sunrise:

Mid-morning:

Late morning:

Anyone who follows my pictures has seen that big pine many [...]

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Delighting

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart” -Psalm 37:4
This verse has been sticking with me for a few days. Mainly because I think I really didn’t “get” it for so long. Conceptually understood, no problem – but actually experiencing it? Maybe not so much.
Truth be told, it’s [...]

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Never the Right Time

“We can’t afford to have kids yet.”
“I don’t know if I’m ready to be married.”
“Can we really make that mortgage?”
“This is a tough time to launch a business.”
“I’m not sure just yet that God’s really real.”
It’s never the right time. You can’t be old enough, wise enough, financially well-off enough, informed enough, safe enough, sure [...]

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Playing the Racist Card

The word “racist” has been bandied about a whole lot in recent months, and a lot of its usage has been singularly unhealthy.
My conviction is that glibly calling people a racist is typically the sign of a weak mind – someone who refuses to work through the slog of principles, convictions, and ideas often proclaims [...]

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A Keeper

One of my sons (who played soccer) has a T-shirt which says, “I’m a Keeper.” Yes, of course there’s a double-entendre, one relating to his position on the soccer field, and the other rooted in wishful thinking (well, actually, he is a keeper, but that’s another story…)
It’s not like I haven’t read Psalm 121 about [...]

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Are You Kid-ding on Social Platforms?

All of us who are parents, and who are involved with social platforms, have to wrestle with the question: what about my kids?
Specifically, what do I share? That I have kids? Their ages and/or names? Pictures? Personal or family stories?
Or pull a veil over it as much as possible and try to maintain some privacy?
There [...]

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Lift up Your Eyes

This is one of my favorite space pictures, taken, I believe, by the Hubble telescope, and revealing what is actually present in a seemingly blank patch of sky.

Galaxy upon galaxy, each with millions of stars. All dancing and whirling in the vastness of space in an intricate pattern, displaying their beauty in accordance with physical [...]

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