A Traveler’s Diary: First Day in Country

I started this post this morning sitting at a coffee bar at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India, waiting with the team for the last leg of our travel to see our friend Jaya and all of the good things he is doing. The thirty hours of travel thus far are taking their toll, […]

She Picked Me and She Picked Us

I’m taking a moment to celebrate today, and it’s an easy one to remember. It’s the day that two lives were completely and permanently woven into mine. It’s the day that life would (twice!) never be the same. Four years ago tonight, I was a new husband. A year prior, I had basically surrendered to […]

JoAnna

Took some time before my trip to India to do a senior picture shoot with JoAnna. She has some great aspirations for her future; and with the kind of determination she has, I can’t believe she won’t hit every one of them!        

Dancing On

The summer is nearly at an end, and we took in the waning hours of the Labor Day weekend with an art show and parade in nearby Franklin and some well deserved afternoon napping. Julia has been down for over two hours; and though she needs the rest, it’s always hard not to dread the […]

Jody & Dani’s Clan

Spent some time this summer (in an old Pontiac cemetery of all places!) with Jodi and Dani to capture their family and their special new addition – Eli.

Interns 2012

Our church has a vibrant intern program and every August, the headshot session commences. We take an afternoon of total goofing and somehow come out with some fun shots for social media and some more conventional ones for the ID badges.

Letter from a Bride

I got an email last week that I was not looking forward to. It had been four years since I officiated the wedding of a young couple at my church – I’ll just call them Bill and Kimberly. On paper, you would have thought they had everything going for them. They were both professionals from […]

A Year (and a Lifetime) Ago

Tonight I was reminded again that sometimes in the crush of the day to day, I need to remember to sit and be grateful every now and again. It started innocently enough. I was dealing with a typical “first world” problem and rearranging some stuff in our refrigerator so that I could somehow wedge more […]

Intrinsic Good

There was a lot to be thankful for today. It’s the first day of Spring after the mildest Winter on record, Detroit had an 80 degree day in March, Julia celebrated her eighteen month birthday and I have the evening off! For all of those great things, I am thankful. But I’m also finding myself […]

Scenes From a Coffee Shop

Not long ago, I decided to take a Monday away from the office and work remotely at my favorite coffee shop in town. Time away like that is surprisingly productive – especially with the crush of distractions and interruptions that can come at the office. As I was burning through the mountains of correspondence, a […]