Garden Spider Watching Her Domain

    Garden Spider Watching Her Domain

    I stopped by Robber’s Cave State Park in Southeast Oklahoma today during my travels and found this beautiful garden spider in the doorway of a picnic shelter (at least I think it’s a garden spider and non-poisonous).  I almost walked right into it.  I think if I had found this spider crawling on me, [...]

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    Washington Monument at Dusk

    Washington Monument at Dusk

    I took this shot on a cold December evening from the steps below the Capitol Building.  Behind me the lawn of the Capitol was full of people admiring the decorated Christmas tree.  Although I found that fascinating, I found this more so.  There was a nice blue haze from the coming night sky, but [...]

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    Union Station Arches

    Union Station Arches

    I caught this scene coming out of Union Station in Washington, D.C.  Sometimes the shot you want takes patience.  Because of the large number of people coming and going along the exterior corridor, I had difficulty minimizing the number of people in the foreground of the photo.  In fact in this shot, I had [...]

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    Ancient Tools

    Ancient Tools

    I found this old shovel lying across the hood of an old abandoned truck not long ago.  It made me wonder how long had it been there and what the story might be behind it.  Did the farmer simply give up and leave it along with the truck?  Perhaps he laid it down to [...]

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    Sunset Study

    Sunset Study

    I took this shot on a recent youth retreat at Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma.  The sun had already dipped below the horizon so I had one of our youth sit in a plastic chair in the water, put my camera on a tripod, and used a long exposure of 4.0 seconds.  With a little [...]

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    Microphone in Lights

    Microphone in Lights

    The lone microphone washed in the color of lights stands ready to receive the voices of the church choir at Christmas.  In the background the organ pipes glow with expectation as well.  Christmas is here and the birth of Jesus is about to be announced.  On that day in Bethlehem so many centuries ago, [...]

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    Photography Projects

    "Faces of Ghana" Noticed
    “Faces of Ghana” Noticed

    I received a notice by email last week that one of my books published by Blurb received the “Staff Pick” award by blurb.com’s staff.  My immediate thought was, “Oh, they̵…

    Missions and Ministry

    Ramadan is a Time for Christians to Pray
    Ramadan is a Time for Christians to Pray

    Okay, before you start throwing stones at me for this title, let me explain.  I know that Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and a time set aside for Muslims to pray, fast, and seek …