By Sandra, on February 18th, 2012%
What matters is not your outer appearance—
the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear,
the cut of your clothes—
but your inner disposition.
Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.
~1 Peter 1:3-4 (Message)
Joining Kelly and Claire and Sarah as they photographically respond
to a quote . . . → Read More: Scripture Sunday: Inner Beauty
By Sandra, on February 17th, 2012%
I don’t remember now when I first started to pay attention.
When I first picked up the baby camera and started to see through a new lens.
Took those first steps.
When I started to look for details or to see in a new light.
My husband, ever patient, waits as I trail behind on a trail, zooming . . . → Read More: The Gift of Paying Attention
By Sandra, on January 7th, 2012%
“Stop! Back up!”
The car skidded to a stop in the dirt. Dennis backed up, and I jumped out, camera in hand.
He patiently (I think) followed me down the long drive, stopped and waited while I tiptoed through mud and scrambled over briars seeking beauty in the broken and the barren and the brown.
. . . → Read More: Saturday’s Health Snippet: One Simple Way to De-Frazzle
By Sandra, on January 5th, 2012%
I see them looking down from their perches.
They’re talking to each other. “There are rumors of black oil, but those cylinders are running on empty.”
I scoop seed from the bin and replenish the feeders.
I’m distracted by a flicker on a nearby branch, so I hurry inside and come back with . . . → Read More: Chasing Flickers
By Sandra, on December 31st, 2011%
WINTER
SPRING
SUMMER
FALL
Love . . . → Read More: Saturday Snaps: Some Seasonal Favs From 2011
By Sandra, on December 11th, 2011%
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved.
Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to
live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud.
A new power is in operation.
The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air,
freeing you from a fated lifetime of . . . → Read More: Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Christ’s Being-Here-For-Us
By Sandra, on November 22nd, 2011%
The glider recognizes me this morning. I’ve spent a lot of time in it over these last weeks.
I pull it out to the middle of the room so I can see out over the bay.
I pick up this book and page through it, pause to savor words.
And my . . . → Read More: Learning Christ
By Sandra, on November 19th, 2011%
On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. ~Psalm 100:1 (Message)
Linking up with sweet Kelly. Follow the button for some . . . → Read More: Saturday Snaps: Cottage Window Views
By Sandra, on November 17th, 2011%
We’ve gone to the family room to Skype them in, the friends from the Netherlands.
This technology, it’s new to my dad.
My sister tries to describe the room we’re in. The sofa, she says, pulls out into a double bed. And the chairs recline.
I’m surprised. They recline? Did they tell us that? They have no . . . → Read More: Puzzling the Pieces and Feeling Like Home
By Sandra, on November 16th, 2011%
I hover over her
squint at tilted back and crooked neck.
Are you comfortable?
She looks up at me.
Are you?
No.
I tug and pull and fluff.
How is that–
are you comfortable now?
She looks up at me.
Are you?
. . . → Read More: Photoplay From My Back: Comfortable
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"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." ~Frederick Buechner
He who would search for pearls must dive below. ~John Dryden
Praying for this beautiful family.
Me! I’m in here. Twice even!
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