http://www.yankoski.com/wp living life... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:53:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just photographed my first wedding as a second shooter down in Seattle. Loved it. Check out the photos http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=153 Photos We just returned from an exceptional backpacking trip on Vancouver Island. Undoubtedly the Juan de Fuca trail ranks up there with the Wind River Range trip we took two years ago. Although it is a very different sort of trip, Juan de ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=152 Photos http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=151 This brief blog entry is meant to serve as the beginning of what will hopefully become a larger group of blogs. My aim is to consider how various aspects of our Western culture impact / affect our calling as Christians to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matt 22:39), particularly as ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=150 I have a strong dislike for “Compassionate Somedays.” You know what I mean: those noble scenarios that run through our minds wherein we're finally selfless, finally loving, finally caring for the people who are in need rather than pretending their needs don't exist. It's far ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=148 There is a gentleman living in The Ranch named Ayoub (“eye-oob”). He is in his late thirties, and is a refugee from Iraq. The past two weeks have given me a chance get to know him a little bit, and I figured I'd ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=147 We've been in The Ranch for a total of four nights. While we're definitely not settled yet, we are getting there! But I'm going to rant for a minute. One of the biggest bummers about community houses seems to be that unless ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=146 Photos Danae and I have been up here in Vancouver for around seven months now, having moved up from Oregon in early January.  Our time at Regent College (www.regent-college.edu) has been incredibly fruitful, and we've only grown in our desire to be life-long learners.   Again and again I've been struck by ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=145 We have lived in this place called Vancouver, B.C. just over one month. It's intriguing the ways a place quickly comes to feel like "home"-- and the ways it doesn't. Our cozy apartment building that was built in the 1940's feels like home. That was easy. We ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=143 Last weekend Mike and I ran our second marathon, in northern California, near Susanville. Pics. This one was a "Trail Marathon," on an old, abandoned rail-road line that had had the tracks removed. Trail Marathons make for a slower time, but they involve lot less pain in the ... http://www.yankoski.com/wp/?p=142