Our pastor, Phil, is currently in the middle of the Jesus Ultimatum series. It’s a 42-week series (I know, 42 sounds like a long time. I forget to exact number, but it is greater than 40 and less than 52. 42 sounded good for today. The exact number is largely irrelevant, except to Phil’s sermon preparation). Every week or two, we move from one sub-theme to the next, and each sub-theme has its own piece of artwork, commissioned and created within the church. Each piece of displayed at the front of the Worship Center through a portion of the series, and becomes the focal point for a week or two.
At some point within the past few weeks, somewhere around Palm Sunday and Easter, the sub-theme was “sacrifice.” [due to an unfortunate oversight, we missed the artwork during these few weeks. My ignorance is due to this oversight, not my lack of interest or attention to the sermons]. When I volunteered to participate in this art experience, this was my word. Thus, my piece of artwork:

Although it was not highlighted during the series, it was included in the art gallery during the 20th Anniversary Celebration last weekend. I’ve never had work in a gallery before!
I found this picture in an old e-mail I sent to Tim Hightower back in the fall of 2005. Tim was in the game at running back, and apparently we were standing along the fence as he scored this touchdown. I snapped these three pictures in sequence as he approached the goalline. That was Tim’s work to help the Spiders beat the Dukes that year. Now he just helps the Cardinals get to the Super Bowl.



Two weekends ago we went to Scott and Sarah’s wedding. I was just along for the ride, hanging out with Matt (below) while Kim was in the wedding, so I took my camera. Now I’m no Mike Lee [Flickr | our wedding pics], but his pictures were darn good at our wedding. I came away jealous of Megan’s new camera, but alas, I can only use what I have (clockwise from top left: the unity candles; Father/Daughter Dance; neon lights on the Last Walk; me, Kim, Megan and Matt)

