Paris Avenue in Gentilly before the city ripped up the dead trees (far left) in September 2006
Providence Place on campus at NOBTS on a foggy evening (middle left) in December 2006
Looking down Royal Street at Christmastime in the French Quarter, toward the Central Business District (middle right) in December 2006
A portrait of The Meat Man...
I’ve known Jason Sampler since 2004 when I first moved to New Orleans for seminary. We were both a part of Edgewater Baptist Church in Gentilly (and students at NOBTS). It took the exile after Hurricane Katrina for us to connect, but since then I’ve considered him a great friend. After we moved back to...
A while back I wrote a post about my former New Orleans Seminary roommate Britt and his wife Michaela. I took them on a photoshoot in Dublin, Texas back in September 2008. Britt’s sister Janna is getting married to Dan in October, and last weekend I drove over to the Big Easy to shoot...
I’ve been thinking about the old phrase “you can’t go home” a lot lately, especially in light of church planting. Many of my friends planting churches are, in fact, doing so in their hometowns. A good number of pastors or ministers I know are on staff at churches in their hometowns. Because of the phrase,...
Yesterday I read iMonk’s non-prophetic prophecy regarding the future of evangelicalism with full knowledge that whether it comes true or not isn’t my primary concern. In the blog post, iMonk essentially predicts the downfall of evangelicalism, including a bleak future for the Southern Baptist Convention. Four and a half years ago Dr. Chuck Kelley stood...
