My name is Gabriel. I am a Christian, a born-again, Blood-bought child of The Living God.

My Hometown is Mesa AZ.

My Favorite Bible verse is Matthew 6:13b: "For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen."

I love music, especially psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and classical music. Handel and Bach are superb. My favorite instrument is the harp. My dad says that only real men can say that!

I am a web designer, among many, many other things, and would love to assist you in any way possible with regards to HTML, CSS, etc. Please feel free to contact me at warriorofthecross@cox.net.

Here are some sites which I have built or assisted in the construction of:

Ashley's Mountain

Founders' Intent

And yes, you homeschoolers, I know that "Octobre" is not in the dictionary....

Octobre 2008

August 2008

July 2008

June 2008

May 2008

April 2008

Older Posts

Do Not Grow Weary

Homemaker In Progress

Beauty and Light Photography

Mr. Doug Phillips' Blog

Made By Me! Creations

My Shepherd's Flock

Do You Have The Wits?

Patriot Post

Face.net

Visionary Daughters

Ladies Against Feminism

Our church website may be reached by clicking on 'Our Church' on the menu.

Legacy

10/20/08

Legacy
G. A. Hudelson
9/10/08


I come to tell you of myself,
A venture not of pride,
But a tale of glory, and of Truth,
To give my children when I’ve died.

I cannot speak highly of myself,
For I would be at a loss for words,
But I shall tell you what is True,
To affirm what you may have heard.


I am a warrior, even now,
Though still within my youth,
A soldier of The Cross,
Fighting for my LORD, Who is The Truth.


I fight a bloody battle, now,
Against the crimson night,
Following my Great King Jesus Christ,
The Leader of The Light


And my children, when you read this,
I want you then to say,
“My father served his LORD The King,
From day to bloody day,


“And he fought many a battle,
So that with him I would sing,
‘Jesus is my Master,
And my father’s LORD my King!’”


And now I stand on the bloody battle field,
That my father for me won,
And remember the splendid and the great
Things that he for King has done,


And I know that our King’s victory,
Has only just begun,
And so I fight, and boldly,
And I fight for you, my son,


That one day you, like me, may stand,
Before our mighty foe,
Stand for your wife and family
That this dark world may know,


That my father served A Greater King,
And for Him I have died,
And now my children, ‘tis your turn,
To fight together, side by side,


And if you stand true, for my King,
Then I shall testify,
If all my life was meaningless-
For that, I’d gladly die!

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MICAH IS HERE!

Awaiting the Prophet- Part II

8/30/08

Micah has been born, healthy and happy. Praise The LORD!!! When mom and dad left to the hospital, dad said "We are going to the gates of hell to let satan know that another one's coming." Amen! Another mouth has come into this world to proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us out of the darkness into His Marvelous Light.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light....

~ 1 Peter 2:9

He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

~ Micah 6:8

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

~ Matthew 6:13b

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Light Painting

8/13/08

Alright, Mrs. K. told me to blog this, so thusly: Light Painting:

Mrs. K. told me about this technique, but I did not try it, as I thought that it would be time consuming and hard. It turns out, however, that it takes all of a minute to do a quality light painting. All that one must do is set up his camera on a tripod (Yes, you MUST use a tripod) in a pitch dark room. Then have someone stand in front of you with a flashlight or candle or whatever. Go to shutter-priority mode or manual (my favorite mode to shoot in ; )) and set your shutter speed to something like 25 seconds. If you are shooting with a Canon or a Nikon, then set it to "Bulb" mode. The Rebel XTi does this, and it is quite nice. This setting causes the shutter to stay open for as long as one holds down the shutter-release button. Then, leave the shutter open while your assistant draws a picture with the light. Ta-da! Oh, and speaking of tripods, I was recently blessed with a very good-quality- though rather old- tripod. Many thanks to the persons responsible! It has already proved invaluable.

This effect also works with motion, and can produce some really neat effects. I like the surreal look that this technique gave to the computer game (Activision's Battle Zone) in the following pictures.

"And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed."

~ John 3:19-20

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VICTORY OR DEATH! TO THE KING! TO THE KINGDOM! CHARGE!!!

Awaiting the prophet- Part I

8/4/08

Well, firstly, let me say AIEE! Do you realize that it is August already? That is insane.... Aipe. Do you realize that when you go to bed tonight, that is one day less until you marry, until you hold your first baby, until you die?!? As has been said, "Today is the first day of the rest of my life." Anyway, now that I have vented....

As one might deduce from above, this post is regarding my pending baby brother, Micah. Here are photos from his baby shower two days ago.

I stopped in the middle of above conflict to snap a photo, and then set down my camera and regained my swordsman's stance.

A noble young lord dining in the shadow of the great banner of The Kingdom:

My parents, expressing their love in a gentle way:

Aye. There is pow'r there. I await my little brother with bated breath and great anticipation. I look forward to see how The LORD will use him throughout his time on this earth. I trust, however, whatever his calling, that he will join me in saying "VICTORY OR DEATH! TO THE KING! TO THE KINGDOM! CHARGE!!!"

"For Thine is The Kingdom...."

P.S.

This discovery is worth a whole post in and of itself, but I am already here scribbling, so thusly: We have delved into our history and discovered that we have Scottish roots from our father's side, along with Irish and British, possibly. So now I may truly call myself a crazy Scottish laddie. Aye. But there be a greater heritage even than that of the motherland that flows through me veins. That heritage from my father is this- "And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.'" Jesus is LORD!!! But back to Scotland- here is our family coat-of-arms, as we have discovered: Our Coat-of-arms. And the Latin? It reads: "To God alone be the honor and the glory."

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Nature and Macro

7/24/08

Here are shots of flowers outside of my piano teacher's home:

With macro lens, but set on zoom, not macro:

With macro lens set on macro:

"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."

~Isaiah 40:8

With the standard Canon zoom lens:

"I will also praise Thee with a harp, Even Thy truth, O my God; To Thee I will sing praises with the lyre, O Thou Holy One of Israel."

~Psalm 71:22

"Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away."

~Psalm 148:1-6

Alright, I know that that is not a picture of a harp- though I did get a picture of one recently. However, we all know that pianos are not in The Bible. But the piano and the harp are very similar, you know. Anyways....

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DSLR

7/21/08

Alright, if you are wanting rants and raves about how good DSLRs are, you will not find them here. Now that I am using a DSLR, I have noticed little difference between it and my old video camera, which I really miss. *cough*

Yes, that was entirely satire.

The LORD has answered my prayers and has provided us with a (large) upgrade from my most highly beloved Sony Handycam (which actually did take first in a photo contest, in case you were wondering). No, I do not miss the video camera at all. So what camera did The LORD provide?

This is a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi. Wow, what a name. Could they not simplify that a little?

The next question: Is it better?

Try doing this with a video camera....

Yes, it is. I have yet to master it, but praise The LORD, 'tis simply another area in which to take dominion for The King, The LORD of Hosts.

"Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?' then you shall say to them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.' So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever." And thus the sons of Israel did, as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place, and put them down there. Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

~ Joshua 4:6-9

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Gilded Sunbeams

7/10/08

I know, I know, long time no blog. After hearing Mrs. K. talk about vignettes (vin-yett-s), I decided to try them. I am also making use of the technique which I learned from Bethany which Mrs. K. terms 'watermarking.' I call it a signature, and see no reason why photographers have to use really odd words instead of ones that actually have something to do with what they mean.

I also tried to make my signature more hidden and subtle on this one.

Isaiah 45:6&7: "That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these."

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"He is not here, but He has risen."