These are some of the images that I look at for revival.

These are some photographs that I look at for revival, those times when I need to think through something and get some needed historical perspective or when I may be running low on gratitude. The top photo is of my mother's family, a dour and hardworking group of textile workers and preachers. Most of the other photographs are from Monongalia County, West Virginia in the early 1930s. I think that the sixth photo down has the first home that I ever owned in it. The photo before the last one is (I think) the last day at work for one of the Bethlehem steel plants in the 1980s or 1990s. Most of us know those looks and that body language. I wish that I knew who the girl in the final photograph is. The picture was taken in Kentucky in 1964, so I think that she is about my age now. I hope that she has had a great life and has many more happy years ahead of her.