Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year!
more Trumpeter Swans
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Trumpeter Swans
Saturday, December 26, 2009
in face of death and despair
In my sin, my death, I must take leave of all created things. No, sun, moon, stars, all creatures, physicians, emperors, kings, wise men and potentates cannot help me. When I die I shall see nothing but black darkness, and yet that light, “To you is born this day the Savior” [Luke 2:11], remains in my eyes and fills all heaven and earth. The Savior will help me when all have forsaken me. And when the heavens and the stars and all creatures stare at me with horrible mien, I see nothing in heaven and earth but this child.
-- Martin Luther
-- Martin Luther
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
silence
Life without silent space is not life at all. If we're accustomed to leave the TV on in empty rooms while we work to the blur of the sounds it siphons through the house or we can't wash dishes without the radio playing; if we're never alone for a minute of the day and we never just stand and watch a flower grow; if we can't drive across town without the car tape recorder blaring and if sitting in a chair in silence for thirty minutes a day simply thinking, thinking, thinking is one of the more painful possibilities we can imagine, then silence may be exactly what we need to wash away the frenetic energy of life and still its storms.
-- Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
-- Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
Thursday, December 17, 2009
St. Lucia program at Cross of Glory
The following photos are from the St. Lucia program at Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Mounds View, Minnesota, on December 16, 2009.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
the narrow & hard way
Abba Ammonas was asked, "What is the 'narrow and hard way'?" (Matt. 7:14)
He replied, "The 'narrow and hard way' is this,
to control your thoughts, and to strip yourself of your own will,
for the sake of God.
This is also the meaning of the sentence,
'Lo, we have left everything and followed you.'" (Matt. 19:27)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
planting in your soul
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
-- Thomas Merton
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
first snowstorm of the season
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Day 4 at Crex Meadows
For some inexplicable reason, I'm unable to load photos on my Bird blog. Therefore, I'm posting them here with a link to this blog. Please excuse the confusion.
Yes, Miky, There Are Rabbis in Montana
Saturday, December 05, 2009
sunrise at Crex Meadows, Wisconsin
Friday, December 04, 2009
good friends
A good friend is a connection to life―a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.
--Lois Wyse
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Christianity
Christianity is not a doctrine to be taught, but a life to be lived.
-- Søren Kierkegaard
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Cranes over Crex Meadows, Wisconsin
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Advent Conspiracy
I have tried to post this YouTube video without success. However, I think it is very relevant this time of the year and I'll ask you to watch it by clicking here.
