Blessings to all as you celebrate family, Christ’s birth, and new beginnings!!
Blessings to all as you celebrate family, Christ’s birth, and new beginnings!!
Early evening at Atlanta’s Midtown Marta Station.
Dancing Goats Coffee
Columbia, TN.
Throughout my childhood and teen years, I played tons of tennis, baseball and basketball at this hometown park. I spent more time here than I can imagine calculating. While on a recent visit, I had fun checking out the park for the first time in decades. The configuration of fields and courts have changed, but the feel and essence are as if I walked off the court moments ago.
Scenes from a small town walk at night – Columbia, TN.
From today’s worship set … inspiring, beautiful, and profound. I love Sunday worship.
It was my cross You bore
So I could live in the freedom You died for
And now my life is Yours
And I will sing of Your goodness forevermore
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My early morning happy place. Quiet, quaint, comfortable.
I just returned from an extended weekend in western North Carolina with my best bud Carl. Among the many other great things about the trip, it reminded me how much I value and miss my small town roots. Small towns often do the important things in a big way! I witness this incredible example on my route home. Sylva, NC is a vibrant small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and its historic courthouse is amazing. Checkout the flags raised in honor of Memorial Day and the fallen. I happened to meet a local during my stop who told me they “sell” sponsorships for these flags, not only for the community to honor the importance of Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Veterans Day, but also as a means of community outreach. He said 200 flags represents around $10K of “sponsorships,” 100% of which goes to a large number of needs within the community. This year they’ve raised $18K so far.