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Evening in Puget Sound

This painting was done for my good friends Ryan and Jill Tanis.  This is another painting from memory of those golden nights on the Puget Sound.  Here I was trying to play with the sky and to capture its energy and its ever-changing moods.  I…
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September 20, 2016
Eugene PetersonPaintings

A View of Flathead Lake

This painting was inspired by the view outside of Eugene and Jan Peterson’s home on Flathead Lake.  The Peterson home was a place of retreat and pilgrimage for myself and many many others.  I painted this for our dinning room to remind myself of them,…
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October 10, 2015
Prayers

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2014

A prayer given at Hope College’s Christmas Vespers service, December 2014 in Holland, MI. Eternal God, who reigns forever and ever, as we pause in the silence between notes, as we prepare to gather our lives and return to our homes, we stop, now, in a prayerful…
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December 8, 2014
Paintings

Riding the Blue Ridge Parkway

About every other year I do a bike ride with a best friend, Tee Gatwood.  It’s a 5 day, 472 mile ride that takes us through one of America’s best scenic rides.  This painting was inspired by a moment on that ride. 
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October 3, 2014
Prayers

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2013

A prayer given at Hope College’s Christmas Vespers service, December 2013 in Holland, MI. Eternal God of Peace, we pause now, between notes, in reflective repose to rededicate ourselves to your Gift– the Gift that silences our voices and invites a posture of attentive wonder and…
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December 10, 2013
Prayers

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2012

A prayer given at Hope College’s Christmas Vespers service, December 2012 in Holland, MI. Eternal Lord of Hosts, who, by rights, rules both day and night and sets the bounds of time so that time itself might be bound to you. As we reach the…
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December 9, 2012
Prayers

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2011

A prayer given at Hope College’s Christmas Vespers service, December 2011 in Holland, MI. Eternal God, as we near to the conclusion of this service, we will fulfill our worship only if we pause to offer our public confession of praise and a re-dedication of…
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December 7, 2011
Prayers

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2010

A prayer given at Hope College’s Christmas Vespers service, December 2010 in Holland, MI. Triune God of hope, giver of all good gifts, the hour of peace has come where you have invited each of us to receive in faith the gift wrapped under Mary’s arms. This…
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December 8, 2010
Prayers

Hope College Christmas Vespers 2009

A prayer given at Hope College’s Christmas Vespers service, December 2009 in Holland, MI. God of True light from True light, In the beginning you spoke a Word to create reality. A reality composed and conditioned in grace. But this reality shattered when your Word…
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December 10, 2009