Shoes

It's a week of Vacation Bible School at my church, and it's keeping me busy.  I know, most pastors leave VBS for others to run, but I can't let them have all the fun, can I?  I've been running one of the "stations" as well as taking pictures that will be made into a slide show at the end of the week....The past few days have been long, but now my focus is shifting, to taking care of my wife who is scheduled to have surgery this morning.... Is it strange that, of all the pictures of cute kids and smiling faces I've taken this week, I'm drawn to this one?  Is it because of the simplicity of it, in contrast to the hectic complexity of the week?  Or maybe it's just that it's different from all the much more action-oriented photos I've snapped these past few days....

Seeing Double

In a dark, cavernous convention hall, 5,000 people gathered each evening for worship.  On the last night, a number of the youth from all over Norther America formed a choir that led us in song, their images projected on large screens throughout the hall so that even those in the back could see.  In the center, with his mane of curly hair, was my son.

Nashville

It's been an eventful week for me. I hosted (at my church) a community meeting concerning city council redistricting, which is a highly controversial issue in this neighborhood right now. I thought about writing about that this week, but the truth is that I'm busy preparing for my trip to Nashville. The pieces have fallen into place, and our plane departs tomorrow morning.

Most likely I will not be blogging from Nashville. I will return to blogging in a week or two.

In other news, it appears something funky is going on with my blog's layout.  Something else for me to work on. When I get back.

Captivated

Ginger and Tristan were at camp last week, and took the camera with them. So today I'm sharing one of Ginger's photos from camp. I know this location well, having been to this camp many times, but I do not know anything about the situation or the kid in the photo, which, in a way, makes it all the more interesting to me. I wonder if this kid gets many opportunities to just sit and observe nature, as he appears to be doing in this photo. I know so often kids will complain if you tell them you are going to make them "experience nature," and that they are to leave all their electronics behind. Yet, once you get them there, and they are immersed in the beauty of creation, a miracle occurs: they're captivated.

On the other hand, he could just be bored, or in a "time out" ... but I like my first explanation better. :-)