When we are forgiven, that means it’s as though it never happened. It’s not a “second chance” like a judge would see on your rap sheet with all your priors. It is as though the judge has a folder on you with no offenses.
It has been a while since posting. I do have a great excuse...all four of my children were married from June to October. I posted about Shannon's wedding in August and pretty much everything I had to say goes for the rest of my kids. However, giving daughters away is so much harder than letting... Continue Reading →
When Leslie and I were first married, I told her that I prefered not to have any kids. God must have laughed, because we had five wonderful children. Each have given us a ton of joy...and a few days of pain. As it will turn out, all four of my kids will have gotten married in... Continue Reading →
Back in the days of Desert Storm I would look for great stories of soldiers to shoot. Being just down the road from Ft. Hood, I had a contact introduce me to an Apache Helicopter pilot who was considered by many to be a real war hero. He was considered by most to be the... Continue Reading →
Sorry for the long gap since my last post. I've been recovering from Shannon's wedding on one hand and getting ready for Kaitlin's wedding in Sept on the other. My other daughter Kelly and her fiance announced their wedding in December. Our oldest son Sean announced that he and his bride were secretly married earlier... Continue Reading →
Today the first of our children, my oldest son Shannon is getting married to a wonderful wonderful gift from God! As I prepare to conduct the ceremony myself I wonder where the time went? How fast it passed by. Seriously it seems I just blinked, boom he’s a man getting married. My relationship with Shannon... Continue Reading →
A few years ago, I was given the privilege of leading our churches youth group for over a year. I was excited to be given this responsibility since after raising 4 children through various church youth programs, I was pretty discouraged about the direction of youth groups and the fact that less than 1% of... Continue Reading →
Those of us who are believers in Jesus Christ know that we have been freed from the penalties due us via Jesus Christ. We fortunately do not get what we absolutely deserve and instead get what we don't deserve, to loosely quote one of my favorite Christian songs by The Newsboys, "Real Good Thing". That's... Continue Reading →
Its been a weird couple of days full of lots of spiritual ponderings. It all started with the news of a local photographer here I've known for more than 20 years losing his 20 something daughter to a horrible accident. She turned up missing in late May and her body was found over the weekend.... Continue Reading →
Wildlife photography is one of my favorite subjects to shoot. I shot the photo of this Northern White Rhino in Glen Rose, Texas while working on an assignment for National Geographic-World. he is one of only about 10 left worldwide. To this day I wonder how Noah managed to actually get the rhinos into the... Continue Reading →
2 Corinthians 5 is one of my favorite scriptures. It has personally brought me great comfort during times of loss and direction when confused in the desert. I used to worry that something was wrong with me after being born again, because I wanted to go to heaven and be with Jesus. I long for... Continue Reading →
Years ago while shooting an assignment in Colorado I was stopped in my tracks by the most beautiful scene I have ever seen. I was moved to tears as I marveled at Gods incredible creation. Wilson Peak appears to be on fire as fresh blowing snow is illuminated by the last light of the day.... Continue Reading →
Photo Epistles 