March 12th, 2007 by admin

Giraffes and Porcupines. Long necks and spots, short necks and pricklies. Our pastor, Tom Dillingham, who pastors Common Ground Church, in Tulsa, Oklahoma preached a message this past Sunday on an aspect of God. God as total creator. God as Elohim. I would of loved to been involved in the conversation when God decided to create the giraffe and the porcupine. Let’s see now… I think I will create a por-cu-pine. Of course, God didn’t use the word porcupine. We did, it’s English. Hmmm… what did God call it? What is the heavenly name for our English word “porcupine”? Ok, I got side tracked. Back to the point. What is their creative purpose? What is their creative contribution? Maybe they were just created for God to enjoy them. Whatever the case, God is Elohim. He is the total creator and the creator of you and I. We have a creative purpose. A reason to live. A reason to be here on this earth. When I see the giraffe and the porcupine, I ask, “What was God thinking?” Sometimes when I get up in the morning and look in the mirror I ask, “What was God thinking?” Well, we can ask away, but you and I were fashioned from His hands and in His image (thank God he doesn’t look like a porcupine) and we are here for His purpose. Anyway… live as tall as a giraffe and as protected as a porcupine and know that God has created you for His good pleasure.   

March 11th, 2007 by admin

Do you know that you have never seen your face. Now I know that sounds weird, but think about it. You actually have never seen your face. You have only seen a reflection of your face. Whenever you look in a mirror you are not actually looking at your face. You are looking at a reflection of your face. Actually, it is impossible to physically look at your own face. We use mirrors to determine if something is out of place or to tell us we need to fix something. This is similar to our spirit. Have you ever wondered what your spirit is like. James 1:23-25 tells us, “For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the Word of God and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”  The Word acts as a mirror to our spirit. The Word of God tells us who we are and what we are and what we need to change. Next time you take a gander in the mirror mirror on the wall…take a gander into the spiritual one as well.

March 10th, 2007 by admin

What a moment! This shot came as a bonus to a full day of shooting. I was completing a brochure for a energy company when this shot presented itself. We decided to get our photographer to snap a shot of this guy that was doing some welding near by. We had not planned on taking any "people" photos, but threw this one in. The welder thought it was pretty cool that we were going to photograph him and willingly offered this pose. We set up some lighting and in a split second we got this shot. I was thinking about this and realized that life is just like this. Moments are all around us. Every day we have these "moment" opportunities. We must be too busy to see them because they come so infrequent. I wonder what our days, weeks, and years would be like if we just took a minute or two in the busiest part of the day to just stop and look around. I wonder what moments we would find. I wonder what moments are waiting to be discovered. Well enjoy the photo and happy moment hunting!