I was in Washington D.C. today for the first time since a childhood visit back in the seventies. But it wasn’t remotely like the typical D.C. tour. It was actually just a stop over at the Dulles airport. Airlines have a way of redefining the concept of “straight lines”. Who would have thought the best . . . → Read More: Surreal Moment in the Capital
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The past couple of days have gone by like a Colorado afternoon thunder shower. Fast, confused, scary at times, and just a bit too crazy for my taste. Problem is, the dark clouds haven’t quite passed yet. I guess moving from one country to another with a family of 5 is rarely similar to a . . . → Read More: When Things Don’t Go Right I spent a wonderful week from June 21st thru June 27th high in the Rockies at Covenant Heights, a denominational camp site near Estes Park. I had a blast playing the role of camp missionary, staff assistant, and whatever else they needed. Eli was a camper all week, in the adventure camp and seemed to . . . → Read More: Summer Camp Last Thursday, which was Maundy Thursday in Holy Week, I participated in an event sponsored by the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission called the Lenten Journey with the Poor. We spent the day walking around downtown Colorado Springs, visiting many of the places that low-income, no-income and homeless people might go in a typical . . . → Read More: Lenten Journey with the Poor I’m on my way back to Colorado Springs after 17 days in Washington State; and in all fairness, it only rained about half of those 17 days, so by local standards it would be fair to say the whether was “unseasonally pleasant”, although we did have snow several times. The purpose of my trip was . . . → Read More: Wet Washington Well, this may sound like a bit of a rant but… I flew into Seattle today and used public transportation (buses) to get to my destination in Everett. Maybe this is stereotypical, but my image of Seattle is of a fairly forward thinking US city that has been quick to embrace earth friendly concepts like . . . → Read More: Embracing Public Transportation I flew to Chicago on January 31st and drove a rented car down to Lafayette, IN. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Evangelical Covenant Church where I preached on Sunday morning and met with church members over lunch. This church supported my parents for many years before transferring their support to us in 1994. . . . → Read More: A Really Cold Week We got off to an early morning start from Colorado Springs on December 20th and by night fall we were at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. We spent the night in the park and got up early the next morning for some sunrise photo opps. After a nice breakfast back at the lodge . . . → Read More: Holidays in California Here is a link to my online gallery of photos from my recent roadtrip to OH, PA and NY. http://www.pbase.com/revdocjim/ohpany Enjoy! Well, it’s time for an update. I’ve spent a wonderful week in OH, PA and NY. Thanks to some superb ground work, I was able to visit eight churches in eight days! Sun. Oct. 16 Bethany Covenant Church, Lyndhurst, OH This is one of the funnest bunch of folks anywhere! We worshiped, ate and laughed . . . → Read More: Great Lakes Region Report |
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