Francis

This is a painting of St. Francis of Assisi done by our dear friend Loren O'Laughlin (http://www.livepainters.com/). Joel and I have both loved this painting for a long time and have been privileged enough to "store" it in our dining room for several months now. We are not only drawn by the aesthetic beauty of this work but continue to be encouraged and convicted by the life of the person it depicts. To St. Francis love was the truest of all truths which was exhibited in his deep sense of personal responsibility to his fellows. He found in all created things, however trivial, some reflection of the Divine perfection, and he loved to admire in them the beauty, power, wisdom, and goodness of their Creator.

We will miss you Francis and all you have meant to us. May our lives if even minutely have such an impact as yours.


"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi "