By The Fireside: March 2009

By The Fireside

Who hasn’t sat around a campfire and watched how firelight changes the faces that surround the glowing embers? There is something so mysterious and lovely about the dancing flames and the charcoaled smoke as it rises into the evening sky. The flames - the light - transform ordinary logs of wood into a picturesque bonfire. As indigo ash whispers through the night air, we breathe in a new aroma, resigning ourselves to the blaze.

When we think about community, we often reflect upon the wonderful times we've shared by a fireside...a warm hearth in a friend's home, Christmas morning with precious family, or sweet sharing and song around a bonfire. Perhaps this vision most reminds us of our great cloud of witnesses; the inspiration behind this page. As we share our stories & photographs here, our hope is that we may renew, refresh, and rekindle our friendships by this fireside...

Kenny & Jenn Sinclair

"...if my fire is not large, it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at its flame." — A. W. Tozer, foreword to The Pursuit of God

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Cheerio!

For those of you who don't know (or do know and just need a visual) I took a part-time job as a server in a tea room here in Mobile back in October...Shamrock, Rose & Thistle. I feel so blessed to have this job - sometimes I wonder how God can use me in a tea room, but then He reminds me that I'm there for His purposes and it is my mission field! Kenny took some ravishing pictures of me wearing my work uniform recently and I thought I would post them for your delight and enjoyment. Cheerio!

Meanwhile, Emma is 13 weeks old and cute as a button! I call her my little Pumpkin Spice Latte ;) She makes us laugh all the time and we are SO glad she is ours!