Category: Richmond, Virginia
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These kids ran away with the circus…
Read More: These kids ran away with the circus…I’m so proud of the first class of students of Camp Carnival RVA! This was the first circus arts camp of its kind ever in the state of Virginia. Every day for two weeks, these kids got to “run away” from home and join a variety of instructors who taught them the ins and outs…
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Vintage Richmond in the Public Domain
Read More: Vintage Richmond in the Public DomainI love Richmond, VA history. I especially love finding old photos showing the way things used to be in this lovely east coast city. Some things have changed dramatically and some things have stayed mostly the same. I just found out from smithsonian.com that the New York City Library recently made nearly 200,000 photographs, documents,…
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The National Gallery of Art
Read More: The National Gallery of ArtIt’s a shame that we have lived in Richmond, VA for the past six years and it was only a few weeks ago that we took our first trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Just 110 miles away, this treasure of a museum has got to be one of the greatest…
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Joyn the Journey
Read More: Joyn the JourneyThis is a shameless plug for my wife’s blog (Sarah Joyner). She just updated the blog with some summer pics and a list of Kezzie’s favorite things. Enjoy! http://joynerjourney.blogspot.com/2013/09/here-it-is-month-our-family-waits-for.html
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The Comfortable Funky Tree
Read More: The Comfortable Funky TreeSarah and I found this tree at a quiet park south of Richmond and near the centuries-old “Citie of Henricus”. I wonder how many people have stopped to enjoy the hammock feeling of this unique natural wonder.
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Christmas with Carolyn
Read More: Christmas with CarolynSarah’s Mom, Carolyn, visited us all the way from Denver, CO. We had a great time walking the streets of Richmond, VA and taking a few pictures along the way. Sarah and I have lived here for 2 years and pass some of these tourist sites all the time. It takes an out of town…
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Spiritual Shots in Richmond
Read More: Spiritual Shots in RichmondLast night, Sarah and I went to Bottoms Up Pizza in the Shockhoe Slip area of downtown Richmond for something called “Spiritual Shots.” It is a forum for people to discuss matters of faith in a bar setting. Run by a Christian organization, Spiritual Shots features interesting topics each month such as “Suffering”, “Sex”, “Hell”,…
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Joggling the Richmond Half-Marathon
Read More: Joggling the Richmond Half-MarathonLet me start with a confession. I do not run much. I signed up for this half-marathon as a spontaneous, last minute whim because my wife was doing the full and I was tired of watching people do half-marathons and thinking (“I could do that”). So, without any training or stretching (except the biking that…
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“Holy Fools”: Exploring the Journey of Calling for Christian Variety Performers
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Merry Christmas from the Joyners!
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A Children’s Ministry Poem
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