Enjoy my slideshow of select photos from the trip to the Pastor’s and Spouse retreat in Banff. You can buy prints by clicking the link or slideshow below. Have a great weekend!
It’s been awhile since I posted a photo on my Friday Fotos feature. It might have something to do with the fact that we bought a house in May and have been occupied with the ins and outs of finishing it. Not that we are doing all the work. As someone said to me recently, you want certain jobs done by a professional. I would be dangerous with a plumbers wrench, let alone a back hoe. Put a camera in my hand and I will claim some level of expertise however.
This series of pictures was taken when I was at a Pastors’ and Spouse retreat in Banff Canada 2 weeks ago. I was there to network, tell the story of what God is doing with our project and some of the things I offer local churches. It was a great time to connect with over 80 leaders from our Covenant churches across Canada. The hard part of this trip was the Canadian Rockies. This fits into the category of “suffering for Jesus,” a regular bullit point on my job description. Just kidding.
Anyway, I was able to get up to Lake Louise before the meetings started for sunrise. Turned out I got lucky. I hit the only sunny day of the week which yielded some beautiful views and colors of the sky, the wild turquoise water, the jagged mountains and incredible reflections on the water. This was an amazing day and it was very serene before the rush of people showed up.
I think my favorite picture in this series is the one I entitled “dynamic serenity.” I got this wild idea to produce ripples in the lake with a snowball. To me true solitude is bringing the movement and activity of one’s life to the quiet place where we can appropriately reflect on it in God’s presence. If the quiet moments are totally void of any of the stuff of life, it seems empty to me. Yet if all of life is merely full of ripples we have another kind of empty…a life of action void of meaning, purpose and anchors that give some kind of orientation to life.
Prayer and solitude are critical to my journey with God and with others. It grounds my action and relationships with purpose and meaning. I need both and the back and forth creates a rhythm to my life and walk with God. By the way, this photo already has over 350 views on my flickr account. Check it out. You can buy this or other prints in the series on my SmugMug account now too.
Spectacular!! I wanna go.