Pastor John Van Sloten

Before…

And after…

Blanketed with a fresh falling of snow the Weaselhead was stunningly still, and filled with a quieting beauty.

Shot while trying to hold a living room lamp up to the window…  I really need to invest in a few ’slave’ flashes.

Here are a few quick pics I took at a friend’s wood shop yesterday. 

-30 degrees the last couple of days here in Calgary… great time to have a nice warm fire…

Here are a few pictures of my daughter’s first big gig post graduating.  http://www.truck.ca/

I don’t think I’ve felt this relaxed in months.  Slept in and then went for a 60km bike ride west of the city this afternoon.  40km headwinds heading out (2-1/2 hours),  40 km tailwind heading back (45 minutes).  For once I didn’t rush.  Stopped to take a few pics, and smiled a lot.  God really is good on the complimentary colour thing.

Last night I had these repeating nightmares of everything falling apart at church.  Woke up all stressed out and realized that I have no idea how good things are at New Hope right now.  There is an often unseen and uncited goodness that’s keeping things in order. 

I took this picture of an ant the other day.  I love the diffused feel of it.   For months now I’ve been thinking about preaching on ants.   The idea of their collective mind doing more than any individual ant can do is intriguing.  Scientists and church communities operate the same way.