In the family room
Posted in Inspiration, Photos, Scripture on Jun 28th, 2008
Rev. Thom Shuman shares a thoughtful essay on hospitality, one of the scriptural themes for this weekend.
[via Occasional Sightings of the Gospel]
[photo via Stitch]
Category Archive for 'Photos'
Planet Palmolive?
Posted in Inspiration, Photos on Jun 19th, 2008
It may look like a NASA photo of a distant planet, but it’s actually a picture of a soap bubble. See how it was made here.
Photo page added
Posted in Photos on May 30th, 2008
Blog update: I’ve added a slide show of recent photos to the blog. If you’re an email subscriber, you’ll find it on the main blog page here. Click the tab at the top of the page that says PHOTOS. As the page loads, you’ll start to see the slide show. Place [...]
The City that Care Forgot
Posted in Photos on Apr 12th, 2008
It’s nickname was an advertising slogan to entice visitors in the 1930s, but New Orleans is a “city that care forgot” in more ways than one. I’m home for a few days to visit with family, and had a couple of hours in the French Quarter to walk and take in the sights. [...]
They shouldn’t surprise me,
Posted in Olmsted Community Church, Photos, Random Thoughts on Mar 20th, 2008
…these late winter snows. But glancing out my office window yesterday, I was shocked—shocked, I tell you—to see big, fat, heavy flakes coming down. It was snowing like crazy for most of the afternoon and evening. The trees in the park and around the church looked like they’d been dunked in the [...]
Flying in a fog
Posted in Photos on Mar 14th, 2008
As I was driving home tonight, a dense fog began to settle over fields at the edge of town. The seagulls weren’t pleased, but it looked like a good photo opportunity.
Other foggy pics at my Flickr page.
Snow days
Posted in Community, Photos, Random Thoughts on Feb 27th, 2008
Teachers and students huddled around TV sets in the early morning hours the past two days, hoping and praying their school system had called a snow day. For Olmsted Falls schools, there were two in a row. The church office follows school closings, so we’ve had a break too. It looks like [...]
When instant isn’t fast enough
Posted in Family, Photos, Random Thoughts on Feb 12th, 2008
When I was young, my aunt took family pictures with her special camera. Polaroid cameras provided an instant picture. Pop a flashbulb on top, look through the little viewfinder, and push the button. No focusing, no finishing the roll, no waiting for developing at the drug store. She snapped the picture [...]
Clementines
Posted in Photos, Random Thoughts on Jan 11th, 2008
Most of these sweet gems come from Spain, and each year I look forward to buying a little crate of Clementines. They start appearing in the grocery store in mid-autumn, but they’re at their best in December and January. Because they peel easily and are mostly seedless, they’re a good, healthy, portable [...]
The banner photo is a cropped version of the ceiling of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, a much-photographed space. It’s an art-glass piece by Dale Chihuly, whose work I have admired for several years. His glass is instantly recognizable, often in shapes resembling sea creatures or flowers.
The Bellagio ceiling is known [...]
My son Rob and I had an adventurous week. We boarded a plane Monday for Las Vegas, our first trip there. I’d always had a curiosity about the city, having seen photos and heard stories of “the strip”…meaning, Las Vegas Boulevard where a majority of the big name hotels and casinos are located. [...]
The final season
Posted in Family, Photos, Random Thoughts on Dec 5th, 2007
The tree is up, lit, and decorated. If I sound proud, it’s because it took some agonizing work. We have an artificial Christmas tree at home because family members have serious allergies that flare up near a “live” tree. The quasi-environmentalist in me is wincing at the fact that this is the [...]
About the banner
Posted in Banner, Community, Inspiration, Olmsted Community Church, People, Photos on Nov 18th, 2007
I was overwhelmed by the number of volunteers and the amount of food collected at Olmsted Falls’ annual “Turkey Hunt” food collection for the needy. Tables were piled with canned and boxed foods that will go to needy families in time for Thanksgiving. It was a well organized and inspiring kind of event, [...]
For the beauty of the earth
Posted in Inspiration, Photos on Oct 24th, 2007
I thought it would never get here, but the fall color in northern Ohio has arrived in full splendor. It’s particularly amazing in Olmsted Falls. Here are a few samples from my photo pages:
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth [...]
Caring for God’s green earth
Posted in Inspiration, Photos, Scripture on Oct 15th, 2007
The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
for God founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the waters. –Psalm 24
Today is Blog Action Day, and bloggers around the world are posting information about environmental issues. How about we simply celebrate the beautiful [...]