Before we moved into this house several years ago, the former owner warned us that there would be a lot of trick-or-treaters. In fact, “a lot” turned out to be an understatement, since the first year we counted almost two hundred. As the evening wore on we were scrambling about the pantry. searching for any [...]
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Urban Mandalas
Posted in Beauty, Creativity on Jul 3rd, 2007
(Please be patient, as there are several pictures to load. For more pictures of the urban mandalas, visit Unable to Grasp God’s Essence.) Since I’ve taken to riding a bicycle around town, I find myself in a proximity to my surroundings impossible from the insulation of a car; and I have discovered places I had [...]
The church was packed this morning, because the university students have returned for the fall session. Surprisingly, I was reminded of the Endtime, mysteriously present in germ even now, when we will see the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer, “That all may be one” (John 17). In fact, the communion procession was almost overwhelming in its [...]
I thought that I had accepted the realities of life. I was startled, therefore, in church a few Sundays ago, to find myself engulfed with anger because of the human condition. To be precise, I was sad because of the illness of a loved one, and angry because we all suffer and age and die. [...]
I hesitate to write this for fear that people won’t want to come to our house, but the other day when I opened the door to the water heater closet, I found myself face to face with a snake. This was not just your ordinary green garden snake, but a brown and gold striped creature [...]