From my time in Ethiopia - “We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is, we only become more fearful, more hardened, and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like...
On a recent trip to Ethiopia I enjoyed exploring the african countryside and meeting those who call it home. I love the little grass roofed houses (gojo bets) that dot the countryside of Africa. Walking down these red dirt roads I learned that when the gate...
I am so excited to photograph The World Without Orphans Bike Tour as thy make their way from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean. In just two months from today I will ride with this team as they make their way through Chartres, Le Mans, Angers and...
Sitting with family in Baylor’s impressive Ferrell Center, Carol and I watched Matthew, our third child, walk across the stage to receive his masters degree diploma in computer and electrical engineering with a secondary degree in mathematics. I will confess to getting a little emotional at...
Knowing that tomorrow is Christina’s 31st birthday, I find myself lingering a little longer over coffee, hugging people more and crying (or laughing) for no particular reason. Over the last three years I have taken thousands of photographs, from high atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa to...
- On assignment in Ethiopia with the Adera Foundation and Pathway Church, traveling with Adera founder Joe Robertson and Pastor Rick Owen. Today Pathway Church’s Pastor Rick was charged with delivering a message of hope to those who lost friends and family in the Kora landslide....
[caption id="attachment_11771" align="alignnone" width="560"] Joe and Rick standing by the farm built at Kidmia Orphanage[/caption] The town of Gunchire is where it all started for Joe Robertson and pastor Rick of Pathway Church. It was here that their partnership built Kidmia orphanage. Later came a library...
I was very moved by the Samford History Department’s selection of recipients for the Christina Mosley Furr award this year. Carol and I were blessed to present the award to Karson Loomis whom we enjoyed very much getting to know at this years banquet. The recipient for...
There are no ordinary people- C.S. Lewis...
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully...
