>Boat Parades and Burdens

> Boat Parade, Dana Point, California, December, 2008 Steps to Obedience Boat parades are a favorite Christmas tradition in waterfront communities. Participants spend days decorating their vessels with Christmas lights, Santas, stars and crosses. Skippers host parties aboard their boats, welcoming guests to enjoy the spectacle while enjoying food and drink. Boatloads of spectators line the […]


Boat Parades and Burdens

Boat Parade, Dana Point, California, December, 2008 Steps to Obedience Boat parades are a favorite Christmas tradition in waterfront communities. Participants spend days decorating their vessels with Christmas lights, Santas, stars and crosses. Skippers host parties aboard their boats, welcoming guests to enjoy the spectacle while enjoying food and drink. Boatloads of spectators line the edges […]


Wired for Worship

Rainbow, Anza Borrego Desert, California, October 2010 It’s the Creator I feel respectful in the desert. It’s vast, and calm, and if I look carefully, I see a tremendous, subtle variety in color and form. Almost always it’s really cold or wiltingly hot. Surprising weather can develop at any moment. Motu Tautau, Tahaa, French Polynesia, […]


Lessons in Trust

Cadence meets baby brother Sawyer Into the New Yesterday our precious grandson, Sawyer, was born. In my experience, God’s presence is never clearer than when a baby is entering this world. And He was certainly with us all as my daughter labored and delivered her second son. In the midst of all this joy, I hadn’t […]


Artist and Arborist

Hudson Mills Park, Michigan.  Photo by Bob Coller     My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. Stripped Bare This season brings us a magnificent display as trees present their finale before dropping their leaves to face the winter months.   Artists appreciate the spare beauty of bare wood, the […]