tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30176318086199405242024-03-13T15:22:56.528-05:00// Blog //Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-53809994534858962142020-08-06T00:27:00.039-05:002020-09-02T15:06:15.899-05:00Midnight Pondering | Personal(rooftop of The Messenger coffeehouse, Kansas City... there’s something to being able to overlook a whole city lit up under cover of night. Isn’t it beautiful?)“Jesus didn’t need to be told, for he already knew what was in the heart of man”I just read this in the book of John the other night before heading to bed, and it hit me like a stone. Before I say what’s on my heart,&Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-42892875811045280682020-04-30T18:48:00.008-05:002020-08-28T01:37:35.041-05:00a Time for All Things | Personal
what do Disney braids and spring 2020 have in common? ❄️☀️
We're currently living in a new world of clever memes, hand sanitizer sales, and talk of how to keep our elderly populations safe.
Our conversations with the sales clerk have suddenly shifted overnight from the week's plans into the inspiration behind her homemade face mask.
No matter the opinions we have on the virusAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-13284817613460889412020-01-01T18:08:00.013-06:002020-11-15T22:14:22.187-06:002019: Saying goodbye to the last year of the past decade | Personal
Summaries are not my forte.
I think it all lies in the fact that to do so with a year is to withstand the temptation to not conclude at all and just recount everything!
I used to take the God sized dreams phrases lightly... but it’s something I now more than ever am awed by as I experience God shape desires that are bigger than I, plant 🌱 and bring to fruition delightful growth in my life IAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-66300383518336758372019-10-04T21:35:00.001-05:002020-05-13T17:34:44.814-05:00let’s chase the light together, shall we? | Family PortraitsAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-42057493996645331932019-09-01T02:54:00.005-05:002020-08-28T01:37:57.000-05:00mmhm, Oklahoma Island | Personal
foggy mornings.
pastel evenings.
shores.
seabirds. 🌊
My family's summer getaways usually contain lots of chatting and sightseeing and activity, but there are times of quiet “nothingness” when we just partake in the world around us together, silently. It’s been said that days can run ahead of your desired pace so quickly they resemble pearls slipping from a broken strand Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-15236558483992052772019-05-18T03:12:00.004-05:002020-08-08T01:22:14.477-05:00life of late | Personal
goodbye, 深圳. ⛩
And like that, back to the states...! My, do believe I’m going to be wrapping my mind around it all for some time.
I was told by a good friend that coming back my world would appear smaller, by another that it would appear bigger, and I found both of these to be true. The world is smaller in that on opposite sides it homes amazing people I now have met; The Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-71195632814509012912018-12-06T16:13:00.006-06:002020-08-08T01:14:11.390-05:00Love documented:: synopsis of recent favorites | him+her edition
Oh my, here comes a photo overload. What a whirlwind these have been, watching both newfound and dear childhood friends celebrate togetherness
🤍🤍🤍
so much so... indeed I haven’t gotten around to posting any of these prior to this. Eeks. There is far too much to be shared from an event or a piece in time of one’s life in just photos, and I’m finding this more and more Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0Kansas City, MO, USA39.0997265 -94.578566738.310999 -95.869460199999992 39.888454 -93.2876732tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-17802757851121306772017-09-20T14:05:00.001-05:002020-05-04T03:14:59.295-05:00home is wherever I'm with you. | Family PortraitsAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-738092018197036732017-09-20T13:42:00.004-05:002020-08-28T01:38:56.423-05:00My Sister is getting married! | Engagement
"...Later that evening Rebekah and I were able to talk for a couple hours. We both found the conversation very enjoyable.
Interestingly, at the time, God had us both in the middle of challenging and stretching things that were taking us outside our comfort zones, and looking back, it’s really neat to us how we were able to encourage each other to trust in God and focus on Him Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-58431024242301578842017-09-20T13:31:00.003-05:002020-05-14T22:12:33.394-05:00The Music of Life | Personal
"...the music of life lies not in your circumstances or external things
but in your own soul."
Excerpt from Sept. 28,Streams in the Desert
Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-89599657693047871362017-07-17T13:24:00.001-05:002020-05-14T20:05:05.353-05:00the Brown Three before deployment | PortraitsAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-16437674553502430062016-05-04T00:19:00.004-05:002020-08-08T16:38:08.024-05:00recent favorites | Senior PortraitsAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-36956740700936251312016-01-28T18:05:00.000-06:002020-05-04T00:35:33.285-05:00Luke & Melissa | Wedding
This post is one of a young bride, the vow she wrote and the people that were there to hear it - a post that should have been posted a long, long ways back closer to the time...
"Life is a journey toward love...
growing in love,
expanding in our ability to love,
surrendering our hearts to love...
....increasingly becoming a person who is Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com4Grain Valley, MO, USA39.0150069 -94.19855799999999138.9163234 -94.35991949999999 39.1136904 -94.0371965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-25259612506010207582016-01-07T09:00:00.001-06:002020-08-28T01:38:17.699-05:00Bringing our Best | Personal
Surely one should bring the best she has, whatever that is, to the work of God's world?
For what are they, both of them, the one just as much as the other, but listening to 'what the people will say', to opinion, to the 'voices from without?'
And as a wise man has said, no one has ever done anything great or useful
by listening to the voices from without.
And now, you Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-43118242427265317302015-12-26T16:38:00.001-06:002020-08-28T01:51:03.781-05:00Christmastime Thoughts | Personal
"Someone tell me I am only dreaming /
Somehow help me see with Heaven’s eyes
And before my head agrees, my heart is on its knees
Holy is He. Blessed am I.
Did You wrap yourself inside the unexpected /
So we might know that Love would go that far?
I am not brave, I’ll never be
The only thing my heart can offer is a vacancyAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-74023556052566446492014-10-29T20:53:00.004-05:002020-05-26T15:24:07.095-05:00Preview: K Family | Portraits
Culling through this family's images and remembering why I love October so much... oh, the light!
Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-8654916886031631772014-09-17T18:31:00.000-05:002020-05-04T00:26:51.447-05:00Reflections on Business, Worship, and How They Fit Together | Personal
I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
(The Heart of Worship)
You know those songs that you heard so many times growing up (Hillsong's Songs 4 Worship CD's, anyone?), and how there's just no way that they can't be Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-79066439458662904032014-08-22T05:30:00.003-05:002020-09-23T19:44:43.488-05:00M Family | Portraits
If you're one of those "long time readers" of this blog, you might recall seeing pictures of this adorable family that I posted back in 2012. I think this summer marked...
If you're one of those "long time readers" of this blog, you might recall seeing pictures of this adorable family that I posted back in 2012. I think this summer marked the 4th time I've photographed the M Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com3City Park, 706 Ash St, Harrisonville, MO 64701, USA38.6617507 -94.34262509999996413.5985157 -135.65121909999996 63.7249857 -53.034031099999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-88322590599268509052014-06-27T05:00:00.001-05:002019-02-12T17:47:38.953-06:00Spring Farm Tour | Wilstin Farm
Willie and Kristin own a small farm here in Missouri where (among other farm-related work ;-) they raise dexter cattle and stable a few of their horses. Kristin actually shows ...
Willie and Kristin own a small farm here in Missouri where (among other farm-related work ;-) they raise dexter cattle and stable a few of their horses. Kristin actually shows her beautiful Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-34251681526311317212014-05-04T00:22:00.000-05:002020-05-04T00:37:38.197-05:00In with Lightroom...I've been waiting to upgrade to Lightroom for a while now, and finally made the decision to go for it this winter! I wasn't sure how much I'd like the change, but I'm loving it! It's been such a time-saver (not to mention it's so much more flexible with different lighting situations than PS), and makes me realize how editing in Photoshop was taking more time than I thought.
For all Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-75808365342416709152014-04-18T20:40:00.000-05:002018-06-07T16:07:14.154-05:00"The Lord is risen, indeed!" | Personal
"Our religion is little because our God is little. Our religion is weak because our God is weak. Our religion is ignoble because the God we serve is ignoble. We do not see God as He is.
The Psalmist said, "O magnify the Lord with me" (34:3). "Magnify" may mean one of two things: "make it look bigger than it is", or "see it as big as it is." The latter is whatAnna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-6552836686316196102014-04-07T05:00:00.000-05:002016-09-02T15:50:10.315-05:00Jim & Jeannie | Wedding
Life has been hard for Jim and Jeannie these past few years, as they have equally suffered through the death of a previous spouse as well as the recent and sudden death of Jim's oldest son. Their wedding was ...
And finally for the long-due post of the wedding I said I would share! Sorry for the wait... blogging has been pushed to the side a bit with all the busyness of Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-10628201285917179212014-03-04T05:00:00.001-06:002020-08-28T01:54:41.493-05:00A Taste of Spring
When it's winter, and the ground is not covered in snow... well, there's not much for a photographer to photograph. However, when you have ...
When it's winter, and the ground is not covered in snow... well, there's not much for a photographer to photograph. However, when you have a sister who bakes yummy desserts and likes to decorate them all pretty-like? &Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-56973550306055491392014-02-04T05:00:00.000-06:002020-06-10T01:14:09.536-05:00Blog Update
Photographs... why do they really matter?
Photographs serve for me as a reminder of what a miraculous, beautiful gift our lives are, often telling a paragraph or two of stories we're still reading as God writes. Whether it be an evening sunset or an emotion on a loved one's face? it all bears the fingerprint and testifies of an incredible, loving Lord.
One Who has Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017631808619940524.post-3977941829844000542013-10-08T04:00:00.001-05:002020-08-28T01:53:07.461-05:00Martin & Micah Noel | Engagement
I'm about to share with you some pictures of two very special people. Though I've known Micah Noel for the past seven years or so, I met Martin just a year ago when he ...
I'm about to share with you some pictures of two very special people. Though I've known Micah Noel for the past seven years or so, I met Martin just a year ago when he was visiting from Austria (yes, Austria ;-) to Anna Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440152897356142275noreply@blogger.com14