Sunday, August 30, 2009
Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
This morning I worshipped at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church at 3152 - 17th Ave. South in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The services are held in Latvian except occasionally when a guest preacher may bring the message in English. The congregation is very welcoming, as is their pastor, Rev. Maija Cepure-Zemmels. Worship uses traditional Lutheran liturgy and hymns.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
freedom of the Spirit
I pray that I have the wisdom to allow the Spirit freedom to breathe where and how he will. That notion of allowing the Spirit freedom is one that needs to touch our daily lives no matter where and with whom we find ourselves.
-- Abbot Denis, OSB
Read the complete message from Abbot Denis here.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Canon XTi 300mm f/4 1/50 ISO:200
Like the deer that yearns
for running streams,
so my soul is yearning
for you, my God.
-- Psalm 42:2 (Grail)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Be still!
Be still and know that I am God,
supreme among the nations, supreme on the earth!
-- Psalm 46:11 (Grail)
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Da Cat
Blue Cloud Abbey's new cat, Da Cat, posing by one of Brother Sebastian's sculptures.
Friday, August 14, 2009
apple tree
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
vacation
I'm off to the North Shore of Lake Superior for a few days with the grandkids. I'll be posting on Twitter & maybe some iPhone shots on this blog -- back by the weekend.
Monday, August 10, 2009
bikers are frequent visitors to Blue Cloud Abbey
Sunday, August 09, 2009
South Dakota prairie wild rose
Friday, August 07, 2009
red
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
silence
It was said of Abba Agathon that for three years he lived with a stone in his mouth,
until he had learnt to keep silence.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
iPhone photos
The interior of the Latvian Lutheran Church where I spoke this morning. It was humbling to stand in the pulpit used by many great Latvian pastors. Although my dad was never a pastor of this congregation, he too had preached here. My message was in English but I did manage to do a few parts of the service in Latvian.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
consider the lilies
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you,
That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.
-- Matthew 6:28-29
