Writing is Hard!

I'm working on a major writing project.  It's an exploration of sin and grace and law with a focus on our relationships.  God has been teaching me incredibly cool things about the centrality of relationships and how much the deceiver delights in damaging those relationships that are most central to who we are.  But man, writing is hard!  I am finding myself struggling with how to structure this puppy.  I can write a blog post, a sermon, a paper an essay but trying to tie a lot of those together into something greater is a real challenge.  I hope to be using this space to get a lot of working thoughts up over the next few weeks. Look for something today or tomorrow on Henry Nouwen - what a saint!

 

God Bless

Dan

Everyone Needs a Hug Sometimes

This is the You-Tube description:

Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.
In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.
As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.
In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person...
Music by Sick Puppies. Their album is out April 3rd called "Dressed Up As Life". Go out and support these guys.
(Visit http://sickpuppies.net or http://myspace.com/sickpuppies for the music)

Logan and the Calf

Some times kids can put it clearer than any of us "grown-ups". This was a real call into a radio station in Texas. You can find out more details at YouTube on the video's page.

Pointing High

Some more big trees!

Those Trees are Gianormous!

I have a conference in the Monterey Bay area of California every year about this time.  This year Deb tagged along with me.  We left a few days early and spent one night up at Sequoia/Kings Canyon National park before heading down to the coast.  Here are a few pics of the awesomeness of God we saw there.  (Man, those are a some big trees!)

We stayed at the Wuksachi Village in the Sequoia half of the Park.  This is the Wuksachi Lodge.

We climbed Moro Rock these are a few of the steps on the way up (there are over 300).  The picture below is from about halfway up.

 

Sequoias sometimes get top-heavy and fall.  This is Buttress Tree.  It fell unexpectedly in 1959.

 

Every want to drive through a tree?

 

My sweetheart and a big big tree!

 

Who is that cute couple?

 

This is the General Sherman Tree.  The biggest tree in the world. It adds 50 cubic feet of wood to it's mass each year.

 

God sure does amazing work doesn't He!

The View From Up Here!

I ran across this awesome picture this morning taken from the Space Shuttle Endeavour of the International Space Station. The land you see to the left of the Space Station is Italy - to get a real feel for what your looking at NASA has annotated the picture here. What an awesome world God has made for his children to enjoy.

Dan

Use the force young padiwan!

Squirrel's with light sabers! Rock on!

- Dan