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Listen to My Prayer
“Lord, listen to my prayer: turn your ear to my appeal.” (Psalm 143:1, LH)
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Homemade Teleidoscope
As a college graduation gift from Dr. Jacob Rhodes, my physics advisor, I received a kaleidoscope with a lens on the end rather than a chamber containing colored beads or bits of glass. Doing a little research, I discovered that this type of kaleidoscope is called a teleidoscope, from several Greek words meaning “viewing shapes…
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Spring Up
“As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, so will the Lord God make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.” (Isaiah 61:11, LH)
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Angles and Light
One of the joys of watching the passing of the seasons is seeing how the light plays across surfaces as the path of the sun across the sky changes throughout the year. This is an image of parts of two windows in my office with the light around 8:30 a.m. CDT.
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I Wither, God Endures
“My days pass away like a shadow, and I wither like the grass. But you, O Lord, endure for ever, and your Name from age to age.” (Psalm 102:11-12, BCP)
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Passing from Profiles
Before the sun has risen, the countryside lives in a time caught between the moments when only enough light exists to allow us to make out shapes and shadows and to recognize objects by their profiles. Then after the day is in full light, we can see colors and textures. But for that in-between time,…
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God is Good
“How good God is to Israel, to those who are pure of heart.” (Psalm 73:1, LH)
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Drops on the Windshield
A little rain has fallen most days for the past week or so, and today was no exception. These droplets had beaded up on the windshield of the Subaru overnight and were waiting for me when I went to the parking lot to pack the car for our return to Nebraska from Kansas.
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“They defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death.” (Revelation 12:11, LH)
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Studying the Steinway
My niece, Jamie, presented her senior piano recital on Saturday, May 2. I had a few minutes beforehand to admire the craftsmanship of the Steinway she would be playing. This is a closeup of the workings under the open lid of the piano. This image and yesterday’s image were both made using an amazing lens,…