// Pastor Joe Thorn

I officiated the wedding of two friends (members at Redeemer) last night.

I love Panera. Decent food and coffee and they have free wi-fi. Yesterday was a long day of work away from the fam’ (such days are not too common) so I wound up eating dinner alone at Panera in between meetings.

Nothing really artistic here, just something for Steve. Today I grabbed lunch at a local Mexican restaurant he really likes.

My daughter accompanied me to Starbucks today where she ordered a “decaf Mocha” for herself. I got an iced coffee. She worked on her coloring and I scribbled some initial thoughts on a passage in Genesis while the store played the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction. You can see it bigger at my photoblog.

Jen and I took Elias and Katherine up north to an orchard, met the McCoy’s and picked raspberries together. Afterward we all drove up to Wisconsin, grabbed lunch. It was a great day. For a few more pics, check out my Flickr stream.

I shot this back in March on one of my favorite streets in Chicago.

Like many others I took the family to the park to watch the fireworks. The kids got ice cream from the creepiest ice cream truck/guy ever, played with bubbles, and watched in amazement as the fireworks exploded in the sky.

This is in the bathroom of the hotel I stayed in for the Founders Conference. Can you see the “Church?” See it bigger at my photoblog.
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Around January of this year I seriously considered shutting down the blog. Over the past few months I’ve been thinking about it and have decided to just take a break. I really enjoy writing for this blog, and apparently so do about 1000 of you every day. I still have a lot to say about [...]