The year always end with Christmas, that is if you are a Christian or affected by Christianity and the Advent of Jesus’ coming into the world. It also ends without Advent for the non-Christians who engage in an elaborate time of gift giving and partying and a general jollyfication geared toward having as much fun as possible and then some. Those are the two sides of the Christmas coin. at times I have been on both sides of this coin…
AN EXTRACT REGARDING GOD AND HIS CONNECTIONS WITH US. “My hands, my feet, my poor little brain, my eyes, my ears, all matter more than the whole sweep of these constellations! He burst out. “God himself, the God to whom this whole universe-speckled display is as nothing, God himself had hands like mine and feet…
It was only yesterday that you held me in your arms and marveled at my pouting lips, my chubby cheeks. You were enchanted by my wisps of hair and wondered why blonde, but then you remembered my mother’s bloodline and smiled; it would pass as the proper me emerge. So many years later I hold you in my arms and marvel at how fragile you had become, how vulnerable; your brown eyes are devouring…
WATCH, LOOK, LISTEN, PRAY Ride the wind, feel the vibrations. God is with us . The wind brings news The trees bend their leafy ears to listen, they move from side to side and up and down with joy, They say it’s the wind gust, I say it’s the joyful news that God is with us. cc: lmh 3/28/17
Happily it wasn’t for me. I am grateful. We have come a long way from September 11th 2001, when the abyss of doom and despair opened and we looked in. This was a first for all of us except the men and women who had seen active duty on a battle front. The rest of us could only try to draw images in our minds. We never came close to the real thing. On that still and perfect morning,…
It was an unusual pain. Cameron gave a pause from peeling the onion. A very small onion that had her wondering why it matured and yet remained so small. A second twinge, then a run, then another twinge. Her shoulder hurt like there was arthritis, yet in the past her doctors had said she did not have arthritis. A thought came to her in a flash. Heart attack! Cameron wasn’t sure if she was making a statement or…
Once upon a time a Weasel named “Jonah Weasel” the first, was sent out by the Zoo Keeper to do a very important job. This job would certainly cost him his life but he agreed to do it because it would save the lives of millions of creatures in the Zoo galaxy. He mainly wanted to do this job to please the Zoo Keeper who was everything to him. He knew that as soon as possible the Keeper would…
HAGGADAH. We will remember, we will remember We hunger in our souls. We remember the scars Let us recall the thirst Lord we remember the nails and thorns. Walk us across Jerusalem O God Let us look back at our heritage . …