Unrecognized

The Gospel of John has it's own version of the Christmas story. Though less of a narrative, it is very powerful, nonetheless. Here is an illustration of one of the verses from John's words.

His birth is celebrated around the world, yet many do not recognize Him still. 

Merry Christmas!

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Giant Jim

Jim is the youth pastor at our church, and a good friend. One evening I stepped in for him at the youth group while he was out of town. At one point he seem a bit concerned whether or not I would be able to handle teens. I told him, "Don't worry. I'm going to knock it out of the park." Since then that has been an inside joke between us: "Are you going to knock it out of the park?," we'll asked each other.

That's Jim and his wife Jolene to the left. They're expecting their 2nd child in August. I think "Richard" is one of the names that's being considered—at least it should be considered, don't you think?

Jim is a San Francisco Giants fan. You can imagine that he was in hog heaven when they won the Series.

For Christmas I wanted to give him something special, and so I created this caricature of him. I presented it to him at a little party we had at our house. It's always fun to have the chance to see one of my subject's reaction when they open one of my doodles. Jim like what I had created. He seemed most impressed that I got his hair right on. Half of the party was spent hunting for Eggy. He found him, but it took a while.

Nice sweater Jim.

Another One For You Wedding Gluttons Out There

I know that some of you can't get enough of this wedding stuff. We're finally getting a chance to see the professional photos after my daughter started posting them on Facebook. Out of the hundreds that she posted there I picked out 25 more to share with you on this blog.

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Mosshart

The girls seemed to have a lot of fun getting ready—must be a female thing. 

Mother of the bride looks on with pride. 

My first chance to see Andrea. Everyone knows that the fountain is about to start. 

The ladies seem to like this shot—so I figured that I would go ahead and post it.

 Evan's first chance to see his bride—the lucky guy.

 All of my beautiful girls.

The bride and her party. Three of them belong to me, at least they use to. 

 The groom and his party.

The Mrs. and I done pretty good, don't ya think? 

That's my entire clan, including the son-in-law to be on the right end. 

She's looking at me knowing the tears are about to start again anytime—and they did. 

 The ceremony

 

I like this shot.

The ceremony is over and the happy couple make their exit. 

 Those are the smile of relief.

 "Bustling" the dress. Quite an operation—so I am told.

 A bit of wedding humor—check out the faces.

Of course, you know I like this shot.

 Making their final exit.

 She looks happy.

A wave goodbye and the girl is gone.

The next one gets hitched in June. The planning has begun.

Where My Brain Is

Well, I'm sitting at 40 pounds down since June 12th. I have a goal of reaching 50lbs by Jan. 12th. That will mean 6 months on this "life-style change" that I've been on. At least, that's what my Son-in-law, Ben, calls it. He took on the challenge of acting as my trainer while I am on this campaign. Lately the "life-style change" has felt more like a diet. Ben has me on, what he calls, a "December to remember" program—no breads, no cereal, no chips, no pasta, none of that. The good news is that I can eat all the meat and fruit that I want. I am definitely into meat. On top of all that I have a light workout routine that I do three times a week, and I walk one hour each day—no small task. It seems to be working.

The other day I was walking down a street am I'm thinking, "My body is out on the road, but where is my mind?" I'll show you where my mind was...

That's where it was, and he (my brain) wasn't helping me out on that road one cotton-pickin' bit! Where's your brain been these days? Copy & Share If You Dare