RIP Lt Commander Kevin Davis

One of the BESTEST experiences I ever encountered was being able to witness and stand in awe as the Blue Angels practiced at my uncle's Naval Air Station in Pensacola. Well - it's not really HIS air station, but you know what I mean.

Man o man was it awesome!!!!

Anyway, rest in peace Lt Commander Davis.

Here is the Blue Angel missing man formation.

ITS SPRING YIPPEEEEEEE

After a pretty rough couple of weeks with the weather, news, emotionally, personally, etc... I am SOOO happy to see the sunshine. It is Spring. I hope it stays for a little while. They are warning me that it may not. With that said, I took the chance to go out and enjoy it.

My apartment windows were up to let the spring air in. Jelly Bean was excited about that. She jumped right up as soon as I opened the window. My car windows were down to enjoy the afternoon, and it was a beautiful evening on Boston College campus. Here I am in front of the Gasson Tower, one of the main entrances of BC. You can see the gilded bronze eagle. The St. Ignatius of Loyola statue is the founder of the Jesuit order.

Just a couple of pictures of the 73 degree sunny day.

words of hope....I hope.

Romans 8: 35 – 39

In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

On a Good Note

On a Good Note - Today is my Uncle Tom's birthday. He lives in Pepsicola, florida and is beating cancer and has fought it to another birthday!!! (yes, i meant to say pepsicola)
I believe he is 39 years old! shhh. Uncle Tom, I got home really late tonight so I was afraid to call and wake you up. But something is on the way. Happy Birthday to You!!!! Love your favorite niece!!

what will it take???

What will it take for us to finally get some gun control in this world? Oh, yeah that's right...we have a president who just loves guns and he loves to provide his own death penalties. Would you believe that in the middle of his remarks about Virginia Tech today, he actually added that he still believes that people have the rights to guns?
Ok, I need to get off of him.
Please pray for the students, staff, families, and communities of Virginia Tech. I know several students there. I used to minister to them, now I can't get near them. I have not heard anything yet.
It just brings so much pain to my heart. I preached a while back about the massacre at Columbine High School, where 15 people lost lives because of guns. And now this, 33 more people. I can't count how many happened in between those and the countless number of those who were temporarily or permanently injured. The eighth anniversary of Columbine is this week.
What will it take to get the guns? How many more lives will have to be hurt and lost in order for the people to step up and stop this? It's just not right.

An Easter Sunday Photo

Someone just sent this to me. Here I am in my professional form. I wear this each Sunday, with the exception that the white stole will be a different color based on the church season.
At this moment, I was listening to the choir singing the Alleluia chorus. How beautiful was that? Take my word that is was quite moving. I had goose bumps.

OOO - hello to my family and Happy Easter. I missed not being at the annual Easter Egg Hunt and watching Braxton cheat. I miss us cheating and telling Lindsay where the "special" eggs are. Did you find all the eggs this year?? Cousin Jennifer, hope you hid the eggs well!!!! I hope you all had a wonderful day.

Views of the City of Boston

Ok - I took lots of pictures today. Too many to put on this site page. SOOO, I have a link to all the pictures that you can look at. I found a great website to hold all of my pictures that you can look at.
Note: you will see pictures from a aerial view. I went to the 50th floor of the Prudential tower and it gives a 360 degree view of the city. I tried the best I could to remember all the significant buildings and neighborhoods, and landmarks. Enjoy.

http://lmoore23.photosite.com/

Boston Legal Trivia

It is Saturday afternoon, April 7th. I took a trip downtown to the city of Boston. I love to visit the area, riding on the T (subway for you outoftowners). It was a nice day, yet a little crisp. 40 degrees I believe but still a nice day.

I thought I would give you a little trivia about Boston and "Boston Legal". I have become a great fan of the show and wondered about the buildings that are shown in the episodes. When you watch the show, you will see a picture of the building where the Law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt is located. The actual building is a at 500 Boylston Street which is located in the Back Bay of Boston. In the real building (the taller one) are retail stores and offices.
The office is located at a famous intersection of Boylston and Dartmouth. You can see the street signs pop up in the show as well.
Then there is the "courthouse" in the show. I love it! The Boston Legal Courthouse is actually the City of Boston Public Library. (the longer stone building) The library is also located at the corner of Boylston and Dartmouth. Both buildings, as well as the street corner, are located in Copley Place. The famous Trinity Church of Boston is next door to the 500 Boylston Street Building.
One more picture is the Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge. Pretty unique and a recognizable Boston landmark in many movies and shows.
Just a little trivia for your day.

Found this Quote

I found this quote during the weekend and I thought it was so appropriate for life and the lessons that we learn on a daily basis. Let's see if I can remember to keep it on the forefront of my daily walk and challenges in the world. See you soon.

"One day at a time - this is enough.
Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone:
and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come.
Live in the present, and make it so beautiful
that it will be worth remembering."

-- Ida Scott Taylor, Author

Meet my top youth

I thought I would share this with you. I have a celebrity in my youth group. Her name is Esther Mobley and she is the president of my youth group at church. She is a senior at Newton North High School and a VERY very busy lady. Her father is the one who gave me a ticket to the Duke basketball game. Anyway, here is a picture of us from back in October. But you can see better ones in the link below. Well, if you get the New York Times, Esther made the front page, above the fold, of the Sunday paper. There is a special BIG BIG article about Esther and two of her friends, with a subject on the pressure of high school and college and juggling life inbetween. There are more pages then just the front. The link to the Times is below. When you see a picture of three girls in desks, Esther is the one in the middle with the glasses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/education/01girls.html?hp

Today is Palm Sunday and we processed into the church with the congregation waving their palms (the leaves, not their hands). It was a busy busy morning, with a busy week to come. In the midst of the busyness of the week, remember the reason for Holy Week and the preparation of the death and resurrection of Christ.