by jamesbondly | May 12, 2023 | About Life, About Photography, About Writing, Spiritual, Storytelling-Tall Tales
Writing about God The Disciples, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Nathan, David, Gad, Solomon, Isaiah, the Prophets, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, all the others of the Bible, and the...
by jamesbondly | Apr 28, 2023 | About Life, Spiritual, Storytelling-Tall Tales
A Blind Man’s Prelude To the Divided Kingdom “What’s with you lately?” I have heard that plenty lately. The seeing straw broke my back and forced me to enter the Great War that has been raging since I was a boy—the War I chose to ignore or just...
by jamesbondly | Apr 26, 2023 | About Life, Spiritual, Storytelling-Tall Tales
Living off the Land A Subsistence Way of Life The stairs were steep, and the ceiling was low. I crouched low to enter; the cellar smelled of wet dirt and sulfur from the soft coal. The small windows provided little light, not cleaned in fifty years, and thick cobweb...
by jamesbondly | Dec 28, 2022 | About Life, About Photography, About Writing, Spiritual, Storytelling-Tall Tales
The Digital Abyss Plenty to do, but not enough time Everything, including casual conversations, lectures, presentations, job interviews, books, movies, sermons, and the parables of the Bible, is artful storytelling—some creative non-fiction, some fiction, and...
by jamesbondly | Apr 26, 2022 | About Life, About Photography, Storytelling-Tall Tales
Photography is Easy God did all the hard work I enjoy all genres of photography, but my preference is landscape and wildlife. Immersing myself in nature is soul-healing. My restless urge to seek beauty is a holy calling, holy in aim, means, and end. Photography can...
by jamesbondly | Feb 21, 2022 | About Life, About Writing, Storytelling-Tall Tales
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks The Journey to Humility Begins I can hear the weather moaning outside; our deck cracks, moans, and groans as it contracts; I throw a log into the stove and pour a steaming cup of coffee; at five in the morning, the darkness hides the...
