revelation
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Original Revelation
Perhaps the Big Bangwas God's way of saying, "Ta da!Here I am!"God struts onto the stage of Eternity for the first time: the Divine Debut, the Cosmic Coming Out. Applause! Applause!Rise and throw roses!Cue the trumpets, confetti and high-kicking angels!… Continue reading
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Epiphany, 2013
It is the nature of epiphaniesto catch one off-guard,like an unanticipated camera flashin a darkened room. Epiphaniesstartle–startle us out of our minds,out of our wrong minds,into our authentic minds, the ones from which we could live with… Continue reading
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Seeing
The scales fell from his eyes,and for the first time he sawthe nothingness in their stare,the empty ache of their longing,the unbridgeable distance between their hearts;he knew no going back. The scales had beenboth curse and grace;the former he'd known;the… Continue reading
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Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Nightrules my subconscious,orchestrates my dreaming,allows what is necessary to rise to the surface,holds in the wings what I'm yet unable to handle. I have no choicebut to trust her;she is God's emissary,the high priestessof… Continue reading
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John 16:12-13a, Part 2
Peter hauled him aside:"That thing you said,about there being so much more you could teach us–about God,about life…" "Each people, each timewill have its own learning," he responded,"its own slow steps in the kingdom. "I have talked to you of… Continue reading
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Taking Pictures
You can photograph to showcase pretty things.You can photograph to expose truth, irony or cruelty– the off-kilter and out-of-whack.You can photograph to bring forward the overlooked.You can photograph to remember.You can photograph to revision, recast, reinterpret.You can photograph for… Continue reading
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Deep Within
Deep within this pile of moulding leaves,pungent with the smell of autumn's rot,lies a meaning mine alone to find.I grip my pen, my spade, and dig in hasteand race the dusk that settles too soon in the day,and fear the… Continue reading