“Worlds discovered and ones not yet explored. Happiness, love, revenge, despair, mercy, compassion…life. Too many to count and not enough hours to read them all. Crisp bindings or worn pages. Books. With every page a telling of a story whether true or imagined. Sometimes I get so lost in the narrative of a book that […]
Thoughts
God is Good All the Time
This past Sunday we visited a church up north and on our way home I found myself driving through a gallery of autumnal splendor filled with many trees that looked like this (unfortunately I didn’t bring the camera with me that day so this picture is from last year). As my eyes took in the […]
Captured
The hammers strike against the strings and I feel the vibrations seep through the keys into my fingertips as I press forcefully down on them. The notes enter my ears, while the words of the hymn arrangement I am playing swirl through my mind – comforting, challenging, rebuking me. My practice consists of playing a phrase of […]
Lessons from a Ridiculously Photogenic Beetle
A few weeks ago I was planting beet seeds in the garden and this little fellow flew in to my hand. Just as I was about to shake him away, my attention was caught by the beautiful design on his back. A shimmering gold shell was decorated with scrolling designs and dots and dashes of […]
The Paradox of Good Friday
It is something of a paradox that the day we remember Christ’s death on the cross is called “Good Friday.” I can’t think of any other day in history that could have been so incredibly good for some people, yet so incredibly bad for others. It’s interesting to think about the different groups of people […]
2011 in Retrospect
As I’ve been listening to people talking about the New Year and reminiscing about the events that took place in the old, I had to stop and try to sift through the hazy blur of my perceptions about the year to try to remember some of the details. It was definitely a unique year- my […]