Category : Pilgrim’s Chronicles

Thanks to my dear buddy R.C. Concepcion the river of information that flows between you, I, and our Heavenly Father continues.  Welcome to the new website and home of the Pilgrim’s Chronicles.  Make no mistake, the number one purpose of this website will always be to bring encouragement and hope to those that come here to seek it.  The Pilgrim’s Chronicles has become a wonderful place for me to explore what God is teaching me and then sharing it with anyone who cares to listen.  The new website will also, secondarily, be a clearing house for lots of information I want to pass on to you.

Let me walk you through what you will find here, and please keep in mind that the site, while up and running, is still under construction, so everything promised will not be here for a while, but will get here eventually.  Along the top you will see several pull down menus.  First (will be)

 

Welcome.  This is where you will see a small portfolio of my rather diverse work.  It is also where immediate news items and links will reside.  This page also features a calendar and a short history of blog entries.

 

About Bill Fortney.  This is a very short introduction to me.  I say short because I have decided to scale way back personal information from my previous website.  I feel the purpose of the website will be best served if it’s less about me and more about you!

 

My Blogs.  This is the meat of the site.  Here you will find the daily Pilgrim’s Chronicles where we will explore God’s love, His forgiveness, and His compassion for us.  As always each blog entry in the Pilgrim’s Chronicles will feature a new image, (this is after all a blog aimed at the photography community).  The next blog down the list is His Light Workshops where you can find out how to attend workshops, tours, lectures, and receive one on one training.  This blog will keep you up to speed on all our offerings.  The next blog listed is Cheeseburgers In Paradise, and of course this is where you can join with me in the ongoing search for the perfect cheeseburger.  You can see the places I already recommend and I will blog here when  new burger is reviewed.  You can even join in the fun by offering up your favorites cheeseburger places!  The next soon to be added blog will be called The Learning Center.  This is where I will post articles on all things photographic, from how to articles, scouting reports on great places to shoot, equipment reviews, and lots of photography techniques and philosophy!

 

My Galleries.  This is where you can view my work, the catagories now are:  Nature/Landscape  –  Macro  –  Fine Art/Travel  –  Aviation  –  Americana  –  Coming soon…..  Black & White  &  Aerial Landscape.

 

Contact Me.  If you wish to reach me, and I hope you do, please use the email, address, and phone numbers listed here, if I don’t answer any of these sources I’m with the Lord!

 

I hope the new website encourages you, inspires you and helps you.  Please let me know how I can make it better!

Lastly, thank you Lord for giving me this voice to serve you…….

the pilgrim

Just arrived in Memphis to learn my flight (Delta) to Knoxville is delayed by 2 hours, but this time I’m fine.  I had such a great trip to Tampa, enjoyed RC’s, Matt’s, David’s, Brad’s, and Adam’s company so much I feel just fine.  I’m thrilled with the new website/blog and I’m learning more and more as I post and work on it.  That’s not the main reason I’m feeling so great.  I’m going home to  my bride and that’s fantastic but that’s not it either, no on the plane ride up form Tampa I listened to some music on my iPad and one song really hit me hard, it inspired me.  I’m going to sahare the lyrics below, but please go find this song on iTunes and be as blessed as I was.  The song is perfomed by Phil Driscol and Debbie Boone and it’s really a great song, the title is , Keep the Fire Burning.

 

 

 

Here are the lyrics:

 

Lord, i find myself needing you like i have never before,
in all of the darkness around me,
everyday my hunger’s growing more.
Iit’s clear to me now, You are my only refuge,
my port in a troubled sea, help me to give my life
completely to You and make me only
what you want me to be,

 

Lord just keep the flame burning in my heart,
light my way with the fire of Your Spirit,
keep the flame burning in my heart and let it
spread to whoever comes near it
Lord, just keep the flame burning in my heart

 

Children, He knows what you are going through,
He suffered more than you’ll ever know,
He is drawing us closer and closer to him,
He’ll be back soon, woh, woh, you got to get ready to go

 

well, there is no time for complacency,
there is no room for compromise,
just walk straight and strong cause it won’t be
long till we see Him split the eastern skies

 

Lord just keep the flame burning in our hearts,
light our way with the fire of Your spirit,
keep the flame burning in our hearts and let it
spread to whoever comes near it
Lord, just keep the flame burning in our hearts

 

This is a great song, and it begs the question is there anything more important than keeping the flame burning.  Just as they keep the flame burning for Elvis in Memphis I’m keeping my heart on fire for my Lord.

 

Have a wonderful day, I think I’ll go get some Memphis Bar-B-Q!

 

Blessings,

 

 

 

the pilgrim

 

Today was the first day of posting to the new home of the Pilgrim’s Chronicles.  Above my dear friend

and great guide in the new world of WordPress, R.C. Concepcion.  I had a great trip down to Kelbt Media and

I’m thrilled with the results of the first work on the new website, more to come!!!!!