photos – how faint a whisper

worthwhile

Early morning found me driving out of the city, the mist seeming to rise from my heart as surely as the sun was burning it from the land around me. I left the highway for a curvy small-town road, and then one without lines or shoulders or rails, and followed it between empty hills, theContinue reading “worthwhile”

wonder

“The practice of paying attention is the rarest of gifts because it depends upon the harshest of disciplines. So uncommon is it for us to grasp the beauty and mystery of ordinary things that, when we finally do so, it often brings us to the verge of tears. Appalled by our own poverty, we awakeContinue reading “wonder”

joy is…

these guys… pirate faces… my brother as a father… and that he brought us this girl. Joy is 10 years of friendship with these girls… that has lasted through lives that look just a little different than they once did. Joy is this miracle turning one: and this kind of freedom… and this face. Joy isContinue reading “joy is…”

blessed.

Communion: n, \kə-ˈmyü-nyən\ 1 an act or instance of sharing 2 intimate fellowship or rapport 3 a body of Christians having a common faith and discipline This is the word I landed on after the last few days, which I spent here:

snow

We got some great snow after Christmas. I was like a little kid, as with last year’s winter being so incredibly lame, and the two before that spent in the African desert, I hadn’t seen this much snow for a very long time. It doesn’t so much look like this anymore. Instead New York hasContinue reading “snow”

a killing frost

I woke up this morning to this: I love living in a place with seasons. I love the way the cycle of nature; the death of fall and rebirth of spring; echo our death and rebirth in Christ. And I love that we can be reminded of this year after year after year. But thisContinue reading “a killing frost”