Jul 1, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
We had begun the slow slide back to daily life by extending our Montreat week through the weekend, the last two days spent a bit higher in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. We were worn slap out, my friend and I, yet when light began to creep through my...
Jun 29, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE a week as beautiful as Montreat Music and Worship, you do well to plan a soft landing into daily life. You are filled to overflowing, yes. And you carry with you joy, of course, smiling without effort as you hum this phrase and that,...
Jun 28, 2016 | 30 Days of Fun, thirty-days projects
Days are full at Montreat, highlighted by daily rehearsals for the Music and Worship closing concert. It’s a remarkable experience to sing in a choir of this size and caliber, not to mention the honor of being under the direction of Dr. Brad Holmes. I have...
Nov 6, 2013 | nature & awe
For three days, we stomped around the mountains of Western North Carolina. This is what we found. How glorious is this changing of the seasons. How spectacular to be smack dab in the thick of it.
Nov 4, 2013 | travel & adventure
We went on a quick getaway this weekend to the mountains of Western North Carolina. Everywhere I looked, the world was glorious. Lake Lure, Chimney Rock, Gerton, Swannanoa, Bat Cave, Black Mountain, Montreat—we saw them all. And I can’t wait to share them with...
