The Five Photo Albums
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HOBBY #1) Long-distance running...
... which can lead to marathoning (in Ottawa, in 1980, for example) ...
... and more marathoning (e.g. Toronto, 1982)
HOBBY #2) Canoe-tripping...
... which can lead to father-and-son canoe trips...
... and life-long father-and-son conversations ...
... and father-and-daughter canoe trips ...
... and other father-and-daughter canoe trips ...
... resulting in increased wilderness comfort levels ...
... and father-and-mother canoe trips.
... and a deeper acquaintance with the wonders of God's creation. ["... to gaze and glory and give oneself again to God..." Jim Elliott]
CAUTION: Can also lead to Youth Group Canoe Trips.
HOBBY #3) Reading (and re-reading) old books...
... which leads to the study of the lives and works of godly men. ["... and through their faith, though they are dead, they still speak."]
... and influences our children to look up to the spiritual giants of the past.
HOBBY #4) Writing and directing plays ...
... which introduces children to the theatre arts ...
... and to incomprehensible and inexplicable adult conflicts ...
... and to life-long sibling tensions and conflicts ...
... and, of course, to the prospect of relational healing ...
... and the possibility of happy endings!
