silver sliver

There is a small bridge on a street near my home. It is easy to drive past it and not notice the scenery, but when the sky is hazy and uninteresting, the light shows off in the reflections. Here, it looks like the stream is liquid mercury. The photo does not do it justice, because the light was so bright all around that I was squinting, and the light was intense, coming from the stream or creek or whatever it is.

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I was delighted to have captured this, because a local resident looked at the print and said, "Ooh, where's that at?" "Pinecrest," I said. The other person's jaw dropped. Yes, there is a lot of beauty all around us, especially if we train our eyes to find it.

favorite things

A friend said that his favorite aspect of Christmas is the incarnation itself. More than anything else, he enjoys knowing that God became a man and came to mankind. That’s quite a bit different from what many people think religion is about. For many, religion is about man’s attempt to reach God or even reach some form of godhood. But at Christmas, God comes to us in more than one way.

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God comes to us in the sense that He actually takes on flesh, but he also comes to us in the sense that He has bridges the chasm separating us from His divine favor.

The image above is from the Lego Bible, illustrated by Rev. Brendan Powell Smith. He has a fun idea there with all those neat Bible story scenes, but his momma oughtta slap him for some of his crude images.