Aerial Surveyance
A landscape of reduced dimensions covers the face of a rock on the hill. This morning’s oblique sunlight casts the canyon in relief.
Archive for May, 2009
Led by God’s Spirit
“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” (Romans 8:14, NRSV)
Baltimore Oriole
These flashy birds like the open woods near our house. They delight our eyes with their striking coloration and our ears with their melodic song.
Seussian Stem
It’s not a trick of perspective. The stem really comes up through each of the flower heads! When they’re blooming, they might be arranged in bouquets on the tables where Star-bellied Sneetches go to dine.
Remaining Rooted
“Anyone who is so ‘progressive’ that he does not remain rooted in the teaching of Christ does not possess God, while anyone who remains rooted in the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son.” (2 John 9, LH)
Stop Target Practice
I left any punctuation out of the title so you can add it, choosing your own interpretation.
It could be “Stop Target Practice!” Or perhaps, “Stop! Target Practice!” Or Maybe, “Stop Target—Practice!”
In Confidence
“We have this confidence in God:
that he hears us whenever we ask
for anything according to his will.” (1 John 5:14, LH)
Japanese Iris
“And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” (Matt. 6:28-29, NRSV)
Not Burdensome
“The love of God consists in this:
that we keep his commandments—
and his commandments are not burdensome.” (1 John 5:3-4, LH)
“Therefore we intent to establish a school for the Lord’s service. In drawing up its regulations, we hope to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome. The good of all concerned, however, may prompt us to a little strictness in order to amend faults and to safeguard love.” (Rule of Benedict, Prologue 45-47)
