Getting in the Game

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.  ~ Anais Nin This last Saturday, I joined with others in our Synod for a Get in the Game:  1001 New Worshiping Communities event.  Vera White (GA associate for the initiative) introduced [...]

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 45 – Far

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?    Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? (Ps. 22) I saw this church in ruins when I visited Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, NM) in March of 2000, a very dark time in my life.  The psalm and the picture still [...]

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 43 – Help

OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Many of the vehicles, businesses, etc. that I saw in Ghana had religious wording on them.  This one particularly tickled me… doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in the driver!  But then again, the roads in Ghana might be dangerous, so perhaps prayer is appropriate. Filed under: Uncategorized

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 42 – Light

May the heavenly light that shines on us, also shine in us and through us. <b>Stained Glass Window Life, a retrospective reflection, Like a rare, turn of the century stained glass window. In due course, portions stained and sordid, Lacking true meaning and purpose. Yet just as the stained glass window, Life comes alive with [...]

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 40 – Blessed

Blessed; broken; given. Today I joined in the formation of a new congregation, Light of Hope Presbyterian Church, which grew out of the lives of three predecessor congregations that chose to be blessed, broken and given in order to form one new ministry.  So excited to see what God has in store for this wonderful [...]

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 38 – Alone

I Am! by John Clare I am! yet what I am none cares or knows, My friends forsake me like a memory lost; I am the self-consumer of my woes, They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shades in love and death’s oblivion lost; And yet I am! and live with…

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 37 – Home

My Home Repair Kit My body is my home, as well as a host for the Holy Spirit.  Keeping this home in reasonable repair is a constant challenge.  My favorite tools are Yoga, Reiki, walking and the help of doctors, chiropractors and a good masseuse.  Today’s home maintenance routine included a bit of yoga and [...]

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 36 – Beloved

God So Loved the World In our baptism (as in Christ’s), God calls us Beloved.  We strive to imitate Christ in making perfect response to that love.  Some days, this love is very difficult to bear. Only You Only you I choose among the entire world. Is it fair of you letting me be unhappy? [...]

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 33 – New

Today Cherokee Presbytery celebrated the ordination of a new pastor, Rev. Elizabeth de Sousa Luangphakdy, one of only three Brazilian women clergy in the PC(USA), and the FIRST Brazilian woman to be educated and ordained in the USA! Congratulations Elizabeth!  Filed under: Rebecca Blackwell

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 32 – Surround

Surrounded tonight by a beautiful and clear night sky… only a little light pollution and so I am granted the company of all the starry hosts!  I could sit outside on these kind of nights and gaze at the sky for hours and hours, but alas, Sunday morning duties come all too soon, and so [...]

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