Dream Awakener

PHOTOGRAPHY by JR WOODWARD (except the one I’m in)

Whenever I take trips for work or for pleasure (like my recent trip to China with my friend Sander, who makes a great travel mate), I always find it refreshing to come home.  Here are some reasons why I call Los Angeles home:

1. I have many good friends here
2. My primary ministry is here
3. My church family is here
4. My neighborhood  “East Hollywood” is here
5. I’m familiar with the city
6. LA is a microcosm of the world, so I feel in touch with the world
7. My favorite walk-in bookstores in the world (Fuller Bookstore and Archives Bookstore) are here
8. My apartment is here and my favorite books are in my apartment
9. It is great to practice photography here, even drive-by photography
10. The mountains, beach and desert are here (I thoroughly enjoy at least two of these, the third is interesting)
11. Both beauty and grittiness are here
12. Every kind of food in the world is here (click through the by cuisine section)
13. Great live bands are here, many bands got there start at these clubs
14. There are many great places to surf here
15. There are many places of interest here
16. A wide variety of people live here, people from 140 different countries who speak 224 languages, most speak some English – the LA Almanac has a bunch of interesting stats
17. The rest of California if close by here (including some secluded places)
18. It doesn’t take long to get to LAX to fly anywhere in the world and come back here (LAX handles more"origin and destination" (i.e. not connecting) passengers than any other airport in the world, according to Wikipedia.)
19. Practically all of the time we have great weather here (though lately we’ve had a heat wave)
20. Jesus is here and He is my true home; Yeah, He is wherever you happen to live as well, you just have to tune into Him.