Good morning, Lord God! I’m still back on stained glass windows, I guess — as it occurred to me that the congregational church I’m in has put clear glass doors in the place of stained glass windows. Doors that look…
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Stained Glass and Our Hearts
Is having the Heart of a Have Not — similar to having the Mind of a Beginner? Or are they both aspects of the unplumbed gift of Humility? I pause, God, asking You to help me start fresh each morning — each moment — with YOU.
Fountains of Living Water
How beautiful is this, God! I love looking at the sunlight flowing through the water. I especially love it after I have been in both Your Sunshine and Your Water. The ocean is our birthplace, isn’t it. Where You began…
Posted in Rivers of Living Water
Small Mysteries
Sunrise . . . isn’t so much about watching the sun rise . . . as it is noticing our world turning. It is always turning but the transition from dark to light is dramatic. Like birth and death, God?…
Posted in appreciation, small mysteries
Conservation Lands
Good Afternoon, God. Yes, God, I KNOW time doesn’t matter to You, but Hi seems too informal. Anyway, I want to think about conservation land. Once again I was reading Sierra magazine and was struck by an article about the…
Posted in days of rest as conservation days?, humility
Unknown Variables and THE Expert
Good Morning, God. Here I am — with my thought for the morning. It’s the difference between expert advice and tradition. Expert advice is something people have proven scientifically SHOULD work. Tradition is what HAS BEEN WORKING. What brought that…
Monuments, Perspective and Time
Good Morning, God. This is an old photo from the book The Greek World. When I was there in Corinth a decade or so ago I don’t think I saw anything but pillars. The lintels had fallen. It makes me…
Emotional litter and clear waterways
Last night I came across Elmer’s photo in Sierra magazine. He is the founder of a group called Waterway Stewards — a group dedicated to picking up trash as they paddle. Kit picks up trash as he runs. Sometime, if…
Happy New Year – Happy New Decade
Haoli Makahiki Ho! A Happy NEW Year, God and indeed, a happy new DECADE. My brother felt that it was high time we left the Aughts. Until his email I hadn’t even realized we were starting a new decade. I…
