By The Fireside: Blog Slacker

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, October 11, 2009

Blog Slacker - Part One

Has it really been 7 months since I last updated this blog? I can think of so many things I should have blogged about...this past year has been bursting at the seams with new and exciting experiences, yet I haven't recorded a thing! It seemed rather daunting as each month passed by...so quickly...and as all the events stacked up and I felt I'd have to blog for DAYS to catch up. Well...I'm not going to let the daunting task of a few blogs stop me now...I'm back in the game! Granted, I will use this particular blog to briefly (if not briefly, adequately) catch you up on the more significant "goings-on" of the past year (March-Sept)....so I can move on to future events! Where shall I start?

Kenny and I were living in Mobile, AL last time I wrote, but since then, Kenny has graduated from Auburn with his Pharmacy Doctorate (PharmD...with honors...what a smarty.) and we have moved to Cincinnati, OH!

Here's a shot from Kenny's graduation with his friends, Scott (L) and Robert (R):

It was harder than we anticipated, leaving Mobile...we had formed such special friendships there...particularly, Bethany and Brian Engl, Dararith & Lyda Kuy, and Richard & Joanna Gomes. The Lord lavished his love on us with the gift of these friendships and we know they will last a lifetime!

Bethy & Bri