Author: Timothy

I am a Christian, a husband, father, and friend, with the calling of an itinerant pastor. I also serve special needs kids in the public schools.

From the Archives

Some of you may have the feeling that you have seen the pictures I’m posting here of late. That is true. When I revamped the blog to make it 98% photography, I deleted every thing from the blog, including that which was already photography. But I still have those photos in my library. I am going through those, republishing the good ones, and trashing the bad ones. So if you see a photo that looks familiar, just think to yourself, “it’s deja vu all over again.”

 

Birthday Flowers

We recently celebrated Heidi’s birthday, and in lieu of going out to dinner, since she is on a restricted diet, I bought her flowers. It was quite the surprise for her, because I brought the red roses to her while she was as work at Starbuck’s. She didn’t know that I loaded up on dozens of flowers until she came home and found all these arrangements around the apartment. It was a great joy to surprise her with flowers in every room of the house, except the laundry room (we really only have a laundry hall, and it’s not a house, but a one bedroom apartment).

 

En Fuego Cigars

I was down on the Frisco Square again this morning was surprised by all the booths set up for the July 4th celebration. I had to park in the parking garage behind the library, and make my way to the square since it was all blocked off. While in the square, I stopped by one of my favorite stores, En Fuego Cigars since there was no one out front. By closing off the square to traffic, business was dead. So here are some photos in honor of the store, since none of the regular customers can park close enough to visit. If you are in need of a fine cigar, stop by En Fuego.

 

161,000 Reasons

Driving for Uber, I delivered a client to the Maserati dealership in Hurst, TX. While there, I had one of the salesmen take the picture so I could send it to my oldest son, Andy. He is all into expensive cars, and a lot of 14 years olds tend to be. I knew he would enjoy the picture.

I added that I was not buying it, and had 161,000 reasons for not doing so. He was only mildly disappointed.

 

No Graven Images

In these parts, this is a famous sculpture depicting a man representing Christ, washing the feet of the Apostle Peter. It stirs up quite a bit of emotion among evangelicals, because in the original sculpture, you have to get on your knees to see the face of the man representing Christ. In doing so, you are worshiping a bronze representation, while well done, that robs the living and true Christ of His glory.

The problem is, in making an image of Christ, the sculptor and evangelicals who have displayed the image, have broken God’s command against graven images. This command is not against all images, but those that represent God. This sculpture clearly does that, to the point that when I took the picture, I planned on posting the picture with my complaint that evangelicals have no problems with false images of God. Then I realized, by posting the picture of the image of a man representing Christ, I was committing the same sin. So I removed that portion of the sculpture.

It may not be as interesting. But I happen to believe that when Jesus told us that if we loved Him, we would keep His commands, which clearly includes not making images of Him.