The Shutter and the Sentence

It's road trip time!

“But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.” ― Bill Bryson, Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

“The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.” 

— Alister E. McGrath

Feliz Cinco de Mayo...well, Seis de Mayo by now... :-(

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!”

--Isaiah 43:18-19

"The poetry of the earth is never dead."

--John Keats

“The more stuff you love the happier you will be.”

― Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

Rain brings green beauty.

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.”

— Nora Roberts

"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.

Because He lives, all fear is gone

Because I know he holds the future

And life is worth living

Just because He lives."

--Christian Hymn

Happy Easter to all!

"On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you." - Max Lucado

A story waiting to happen...

Growth is my word for this year.

Growing in patience and selflessness

Growing in faith

Growing as a parent

Growing as a creator

Growing income (hopefully!)

Watching baby grow

"May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us."

--St. Patrick

God doesn't ask for success, only for faithfulness.

God will restore what he calls us to release.