At the Intersection of Theology, Nature, and the Arts
The article to which I'm linking here reminded me, in the midst of all the MeToos, to celebrate and give thanks for all the "good men" who have used their strength to stand between me and those who would have harmed me. Good men who put themselves at great physical risk to protect me or …
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I'm linking here to a lament over what is true of all too many churches. It begins with the author’s recollection of a pastor who, in the course of his sermon, said he was discussing things he didn’t understand. Worse, he seemed to have made no attempt to get a grip on the Word and …
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I had the pleasure this week of visiting with some of the birds that are under the care of the Cape Fear Raptor Center in Rocky Point, North Carolina. The organization educates the public on the importance of these extraordinary creatures and provides rehabilitation services to injured raptors with the goal of releasing them back to their natural habitats. …
My photograph, Shrimper off Topsail, will be on display at the State of the Art, Art of the State exhibition at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina from Oct. 8 to July 8.
The following was originally published on September 7, 2012 on my website, The Rockery (www.the-rockery.com). On August 29, 2005 at 6:10 a.m. Central Daylight Time, Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States as a Category 3 hurricane bringing with it devastating floods, battering winds . . . catastrophic destruction. More than …
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I am often asked for recommendations of devotional materials. Topping my list is Devotional Classics. (I've mentioned DC elsewhere on this site but want to reemphasize it and a couple of others today). I've used this book in my seminary and church-based classes on spiritual formation and development in the disciplines of the faith. I have …
Time. From time to time. For the time-being. Time-worn, time was, time will, time is. *** Time comes In stints, in stages, in stretches. In spans, in seasons, in scores. In moments, in months, in millennia. In tempos, in tides, in tours. Sit for a spell and move in a shake. Take each day …
“Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous”--Isaiah 7:11 (NIV) Ahab went out to meet Elijah. The moment Ahab saw Elijah he said, “So it’s you, old troublemaker!” “It’s not I who has caused trouble in Israel,” said Elijah, “but you and your government—you’ve dumped God’s ways and …
Oh, how I enjoy being gently wakened by a soft breeze and a sound river of birdsong just as the sun is rising! Our Creator knit us together in our mothers' wombs and He knows us better than we know ourselves. He delights in bringing this treat of peace and pleasure for our senses before …
In celebration of all that blossoms in May, I’m posting paintings by the American Impressionist Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) alongside “flowery” quotes from Emerson, O’Keefe, Okakura and Heine along with a Tennyson poem punctuated by a listening larkspur and a whispering lily. “The earth laughs in flowers.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nobody sees a flower – …
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