Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Gang!

Blessings to all as you celebrate family, Christ’s birth, and new beginnings!!

Family Card - Christmas, 2019

Family Card – Christmas, 2019

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Dusk Tooing and Froing

Early evening at Atlanta’s Midtown Marta Station.

Midtown Station @ Dusk - Atlanta

Midtown Station @ Dusk – Atlanta

Coffee is Life

Dancing Goats Coffee

Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee

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Small Town Vignette

Columbia, TN.

W7 Co

W7 Co

Southern Tres

Southern Tres

105 Main

105 Main

Hometown Park

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.

Foul Line

Foul Line

Past Time

Past Time

Everything but Net

Everything but Net

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Petrol After Dark

Scenes from a small town walk at night – Columbia, TN.

Garage

Garage

Patriot

Patriot

Old School Texaco

Old School Texaco

Morning’s Work

Pondering

Pondering

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Hidden Figures – Sunday School

Arrival

Arrival

Hidden Figures – Summer Semester

Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

Worthy

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

<Chorus>

Worthy is Your name, Jesus
You deserve the praise
Worthy is Your name
Worthy is Your name, Jesus
You deserve the praise
Worthy is Your name
~Elevation Worship
Click HERE for Elevation Worship’s “Worthy” video
"Worth is Your name ..."

“Worth is Your name …”

 

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Coffee Shop

My early morning happy place.  Quiet, quaint, comfortable.

Dancing Goats Coffee - Midtown Atlanta

Dancing Goats Coffee – Midtown Atlanta

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Memorial Day – Small Town USA

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.

Jackson County, NC Courthouse - Memorial Day 2019

Jackson County, NC Courthouse – Memorial Day 2019

Old Glory looks over Sylva, NC - Memorial Day, 2019

Old Glory looks over Sylva, NC – Memorial Day, 2019

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