Scripture Sunday: Inner Beauty

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
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The Gift of Paying Attention

 

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

Saturday’s Health Snippet: One Simple Way to De-Frazzle

“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.

 

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Chasing Flickers

 

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

Saturday Snaps: Some Seasonal Favs From 2011

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

FALL

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Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Christ’s Being-Here-For-Us

 

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

Learning Christ

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

Saturday Snaps: Cottage Window Views

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

Puzzling the Pieces and Feeling Like Home

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

Photoplay From My Back: Comfortable

 

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?

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