For this family photo session, I drove up to Frankfort, Indiana to spend some time on the Bahler’s farm. It was their third year of supporting Charity: Water thru The Aperture Effect! I’ve known Jordan and her family for several years now, going back to our days working together in the […]
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Look Up…Look Out | Thanksgiving 2016
Today, may I look up to look out. Beyond the corners of my table to the corners of my world. Away from the self-reflection always peering back at my from my palm. Toward the friends, family, and strangers that surround me. May I open my eyes to peer deeper into theirs. Welcoming them as they […]
Read MoreDeath and Taxes: In Memory of my Aunt Sandy
It’s Tuesday. Election Day 2016. And after all the hatemongering and mudslinging that we’ve seen, given, and received this past year—it’s finally coming to a close. It’s time to vote. So what if? What if after all the doom and gloom we’ve heard about the world were to actually end today? What […]
Read MoreA Pinhole of Light
If you know me, you know I’m a bit of a podcast junkie. All Songs Considered. This American Life. Serial. Car Talk. Song Exploder. They get me every time. And a few months ago, I stumbled on one called The Moth—a captivating collection of true stories told to a live audience. […]
Read MoreThe Healing Day
I still remember the sun that filled our hospital room that day. It was brighter—maybe brighter than it had ever been, but certainly brighter than it had been lately. It was October 11, 2013. The sun rose quickly that day, but it had taken half a decade for it to […]
Read MoreCore Ache Within Us
“It’s out of our wounds – from the core ache within us, that we find our calling.” —Dan Allender, The Wounded Heart
Read MoreI Wove my Webs for You
“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess, with all this […]
Read MoreOnce There was a Tree
“Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.” — Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
Read MoreOn the Roof of America
“We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell.” — Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Read MoreMaking Art
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” — Andy Warhol
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