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Musical Interlude: Marsalis and Spok
Wynton Marsalis is an internationally known American jazz trumpeter. Maestro Spok is a less-well-known, but no-less-virtuoso saxophonist. Together, they put on a mind-blowing performance here. The the music style is called Frevo, and it is native to the city of Recife, Brazil. Marsalis talks about this trip to Recife here.
Random Furlough Photos
We’ve been on the road for the past few weeks, and so our updates here have been somewhat…shall we say…infrequent. I thought I would briefly break the silence, however, and post some of the more interesting “Kodak moments” we have had along the way. These pictures are not necessarily in order. Also, some of them…
The Making of a Writer: or, My Own Personal Magic Kingdom
Every five years or so our furlough travels take us through the little hamlet of Limestone, PA. Whenever we visit, I am flooded with memories of the five years I spent there as a child. This time, as I made my customary pilgrimage through ancient haunts, it struck me that, although I did not know…
Phase One Complete!
Behold, phase one of the new meeting house of the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church!
Ebenezer Youth Meeting
The folks at Ebenezer recently sent me these pictures of a youth event held at the church. What is cool is that about half of the kids pictured are visitors!
Musical Interlude: An Ode to Millennials
This has been making the rounds, and, at the risk of offending the man-bun demographic of my readership, I thought I would include it here. Enjoy.
Official Innauguration
This Sunday (Mothers’ day in Brazil as well as in the US) was the official inauguration of the Ebenezer Church’s new building. Throughout the day people from the church were sending me pictures. Here are a few of them…
First Meeting in New Building
As I was at prayer meeting at Fellowship Baptist Church this evening, a couple members of the Ebenezer Congregation sent me these photos. I find it fitting that the first official use of the new building be a prayer meeting, as the very existence of the building is the result of years of prayer on…
Construction Update: Tonight’s the Night!
Tonight the Ebenezer congregation will meet in it’s new building for the very first time! You can be sure that there will be much rejoicing and thanksgiving at this prayer meeting. Here are a couple pictures of the chairs being moved in, as well as the front of the building as it currently appears. The…