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Natural Recompense

In my hand was one of those folding extended reach tools, which I call a “picker.” Out in Choctaw I always kept one for picking blackberries and sand plums. Around here it’s now used as a trash picker. In my … Continue reading

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Random Photos 02

Always: click any photo to enlarge view; use CTRL+click to open the image in a browser tab. On my walk today I headed south along Maple and cut west along the out-of-service tracks that divides the housing from our local … Continue reading

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My Father’s World, Part 5

Aside from Acts and Paul’s letters, we know very little about early spiritual gifts. In Corinth it’s all about glossolalia. Outside of Corinth, we hear most about prophecy and healing miracles. The historical records of church history since that time … Continue reading

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My Father’s World, Part 3

Cain lost his communion with Creation. The symbolism was that the ground would no longer cooperate with him and speak to him. The communion was blocked by unjust blood. The ground had only one thing to say to him, and … Continue reading

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Reconfigured

They are still calling me. Just before the bike crash, I was wondering how I could add some fresh diversity to my cycling photography. I had pretty much run the limit of my riding range, and the day of the … Continue reading

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Depressing Deception

Our declining Western culture is shot through with false dichotomies. Sometimes it’s a prophetic duty to point them out. We are neither part of the Green religion, nor do we support blind exploitation of natural resources. We believe the heart … Continue reading

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New and Ancient Normal

A clinical approach will give you clinical results with a utility approaching zero. Conditions permitting, I go out each morning and pick up solid waste (pollutants) around my apartment building. That it looks nicer without visible trash is just a … Continue reading

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Picture This

Let me propose a working model for this. My wife and I often discuss the sense of calling that drives me out on those long rides with a camera. At a fundamental level, Scripture says that all of Creation speaks … Continue reading

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You Figure It Out

Our dear Sister has a marvelous sweet rant I wish everyone could read. I want you to notice she never suggests other folks are morally wrong for bathing in this electromagnetic sewage, but that we do so at a high … Continue reading

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Photolog: Arcadia Conservation Education Area

(I’m keeping the cycling stuff here because our account on the other server has rather limited storage space.) Between allergies and rotten weather, it’s been awhile since my last long ride. Yesterday’s journey was a straight out-n-back on Midwest Boulevard. … Continue reading

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