Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Rather than my standard picture of an inflatable turkey, thought (with apologies to Lecrae, I’d give thanks for some of the many blessings in my life. Count it up, count it up, count it up. Line ’em up, line ’em up, line ’em up. Blessed with a… Read More »Won’t Take that Credit; I know Where We Get It; Them Blessings Be Comin’ from God Above
You can tell the year is starting to wind down. I don’t feel I did the best work on THE SELFIE PROJECT in October. It admittedly wasn’t the busiest month of the year for me, but I still had plenty of things go down. I’ll have to try to do… Read More »Selfie Project – October
A month or so back, my church (Boone First United Methodist Church, represent!) had their annual-ish summer is over kickoff party. So it doesn’t really have a name. But a bunch of Methodists get together at Herman Park and throw down some food and have a good time. Here are… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like a Methodist Party!
I might have posted these pictures earlier, but up until Saturday it still made me sick to think about how Iowa State blew a double digit to an inferior team from the other side of the state. Then Saturday happened. After Iowa State’s historic road victory over the #3 team… Read More »Time Doesn’t Heal Anything, It Just Teaches Us How to Live with the Pain
Here is your weekly reminder that this week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is ART: ART ART! Such a great theme! But what is ART? I’m partial to the definition of Marc Chagall: Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers – and never succeeding.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – ART
A big thanks to everybody that came out and made my church’s Youth Group Fundraiser such a big hit. Our goal was to be #1 on the Pizza Ranch board and we nearly doubled the take of the previous #1! Here are a few cruddy cell phone pictures from last… Read More »Move ‘Em On, Head ‘Em Up, Head ‘Em Up, Move ‘Em On, Rawhide!
Here is a look back at my favorite September photos from THE SELFIE PROJECT: September 1 September 2 September 6 September 7 September 10 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 20 September 21 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 September 28 September 29 And if… Read More »The Selfie Project – September
HEY!!! Don’t forget!! Tomorrow night!! The Youth Group at my church is having a fundraiser for their annual Mission Trip at the Boone Pizza Ranch! This is an idea of what you will be supporting: All you need to do is show up between 5-8 tomorrow night with one of… Read More »Pizza Ranch Fundraiser Reminder
Another week of good submissions for this week’s theme of WHITE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard Shannon Bardole Sheri Fakhouri Christopher D. Bennett Sheri Fakhouri Sheri Fakhouri Sarah Karber Tamara Peterson Tamara… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 107 – WHITE
Looking for a chance to give to a good cause and eat completely edible food? Then do I have an opportunity for you! Next Wednesday (October 4, 2017) the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group will be having a fundraiser to help pay for their mission trip to a… Read More »The Only Thing I Fear is the IRS and God
Since we are a few weeks deep into Youth Group Season and we will have a fundraiser coming up in the near future, thought I would share a few pictures from the first Youth Group from a few weeks back. We had a Photo Scavenger Hunt: Seems like a great… Read More »The Most Righteous of Birds
Once a year at my church we have Critter Sunday. On Critter Sunday people bring in their pets to get blessed. I took some photos and then after Naima got blessed Jaxon Schoff took over and finished up the event. Here are some photos from the event: Special thanks to… Read More »Critter Sunday – 2017
Here we are in August and I haven’t checked back into THE SELFIE PROJECT for the month of June. Here are some of favorites from June: June 2 June 5 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 13 June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 20… Read More »Selfie Project – June
This last collection of Saint Paul Mission Trip photo were taken by other people, but I’m not sure what day they were taken. Enjoy! It truly was an incredible trip and transformative trip! If you ever have a chance to go, GO! You will not regret it. Not even when… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Misc.
Here are some photos from the day coming home from the Mission Trip: And just like that, we were back in Iowa! The Cyclone State! A successful trip! Perhaps my favorite week of the year! One more set of pictures tomorrow and then you’ll have to track me down is… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day Home
Pictures from the last working day of the Saint Paul Mission Trip: Day 4 of the Mission Trip is always highly emotional. The large group worship service ends with a foot washing ceremony. Then church time is usually very emotional as people begin to realize that the lives that they’ve… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day 4
Pictures from Day 3 of the Mission Trip! It is not an unimportant fact the Boone First United Methodist Church went undefeated in dance battles on this day.
More from the Mission Trip. These are from Day 2: More from this transformational experience on the morrow!
Here are a few of the photos from Day 0 and Day 1 of the recent mission trip to Saint Paul (I didn’t take all these photos, even though I wish I could be at multiple places at the same time): As usual, it was an incredible trip! If you… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day 1
By the time that this publishes, I should be on the road to Saint Paul with 3 other “adults” and 14 youth from my church for a mission trip. If you are in the Minnesota, there is a chance you might be able to join us for a community dinner… Read More »@BOONEFUMCYG
This collection of NATURE losers was taken at Ledges. I got off work early on a Friday and headed to Ledges. I thought that I had insect repellent in my trunk, but I was wrong. I forged on anyways. I got absolutely lit up by mosquitoes. It was not a… Read More »Then I Wonder Why She Sleeps with my Friends