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The BIG Bang
The BIG Bang The beginning must have a beginner Winter solstices bring short days to the great north. It is Astronomical twilight at 6:39 AM. Checking my Photopills photography app, Blue hour begins at 7:58, Golden hour emerges at 8:12, and sunrise at 8:35 AM. The sun...
ABANDONED DREAMS
ABANDONED DREAMS I wonder if they just packed a few things and left. Was the departure forced, desperation, or escape? Why was the house not purchased and repaired? Why are these ghosts left behind to decay? These relics of the past all have stories to tell but remain...
The Digital Abyss
The Digital Abyss Plenty to do, but not enough time Everything, including casual conversations, lectures, presentations, job interviews, books, movies, sermons, and the parables of the Bible, is artful storytelling—some creative non-fiction, some fiction, and...
The Christmas Carol
The Christmas Carol "There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Two feet of snow blows into six-foot drifts. A minus fifteen degrees make the snow crunch as we walk. I heard the song...
FINDING TRUTH part two Virtue of Courage
FINDING TRUTH In a Fear-Mongering Society Part two of THE VIRTUE OF COURAGE In a Fear-Mongering Society Truth in any source of media, written or digital, is rare. Nor can the Truth be found in the church, Protestant or Catholic. Truth is not from science, the...
THE VIRTUE OF COURAGE
THE VIRTUE OF COURAGE In a Fear-Mongering Society Part 1 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9-11 A decline in courage may be the most striking...
MORNING HAS BROKEN
MORNING HAS BROKEN The Grateful Photograph Each morning at dawn, the bells of the church across the lake play the hymn from a poem, "Morning Has Broken," I love the tune. I thought it was a tune written by Cat Stevens in 1971. I wanted to include the lyrics to this...
1969 Time for another REVOLUTION
1969 Time for another REVOLUTION The draft caught me in nineteen-sixty-eight, Fresh out of High School, with a short attempt at a college degree. The letter came conscripting me to fight in Vietnam. I was not too fond of jungle warfare, so I enlisted in the Navy; I...
GRADUATION DAY
GRADUATION DAY The Road Not Taken High School is a classic love-hate relationship, a time to remember or forget, a nightmare on Elm Street or the Yellow Brick Road, a bridge to nowhere, or a bucket full of possibilities. The days of puppy love and home-cooked meals...
The Blood Red Moon
The Blood Red Moon I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The Sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord Joel 2:31 & Acts 2:20 A Blood Moon...
Tend My Garden
It is time for planting the gardens.
Human Expression Versus Human Perfection
Human Expression Versus Human Perfection Yo-Yo Ma makes the cello speak to the soul. I watched him play, and I could feel the sound pressing on my heart. Something about those frequencies that sound like the voice of God high up on the mountain. As I watched, he...
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