A Simple, Yet Elegant Way To Conclude Your Sunday. Mine, Too! 

One Sunshiny Sunday In South Dakota!

We have had a day, finally, filled with sunshine. That will all end shortly. It's almost nine in the evening and the rains will begin before ten. It was good to be in worship this morning! Old friends and new came for the service and it all went very well. The afternoon hours were spent with the membership of three AG churches in a camp ground close by listening to author Carl Bauman speak on the movement of the Holy Spirit in 21st century America. The food was good, the fellowship was interesting, and the music was acceptable, the purpose was fantastic! Getting people from three separate congregations to work together for a unified event made this one a welcome surprise! I was the only person who arrived on two wheels, and that always gives me cause for concern, it's the whole "out of place" attitude I get when there isn't anyone else around dressed as I do(for the ride). The surprise came in the shape of people that have hearts that are seeking and reaching. Within moments of my arrival it felt as though I had wandered into a family reunion and I was one of the cousins who hadn't been seen or heard from in quite a few years. There are people that are genuinely kind, caring, loving folks! That shouldn't come as a surprise to me, but it did. It took awhile to understand how it all came about, but I think I've got it, now. The whole church(Body of Christ)idea made sense in the context of this gathering once I understood that because there were three distinct churches present everyone assumed that I was from one of the other two. Pretty cool when you think about it. Everyone treated me like I belonged there, and I did, only perhaps not as some thought. All in all it was a great "relearning" experience and one that I pray I take to heart within the context of my life when it comes to being "accepting" of the stranger in our midst. It doesn't make any difference what part of our lives we share as long as we are willing to do it in openess, love, and all that other good "stuff." People are like that most everywhere I get to go, and not just in this country, either. It happens everywhere on the face of the planet, everyday. Now if we could just figure out how to make all of our contact with others a positive experience we would be way ahead of the game! It's up to every one of us(I know you already knew that, but I wanted to remind us both). God bless, Preacher.

Before The Bones Were Knit Together In Your Mother's Womb, God Knew You! 

Wandering And Wondering Go Together Well 

Great shades of Jules Verne, how far away is that luminous orb anyway?

Our celestial sphere provides so many opportunities for worship that it is little wonder that our human kind is enthralled by visions found out "there." My wife insists that there is only one true form of worship and that practices such as astrology and the accompanying signs are to be seen as deterring us from God. Isn't it wonderful that we don't all believe exactly the same things? Can you only imagine how boring life would be if everyone agreed on everything? Luna, one of the old world words for our moon, provides people at every stage of life with an unending list of possibilities for conjecture. I suppose that I first learned that there were other moons in our galaxy in about the third grade. Following that momentous discovery I found my curiosity properly piqued and read all I could about the planets and stars. I came of age in the sixties, (coming of age to me refers to that special time in an individuals life when they realize, recognize, and rationalize the "opposite" gender)and watched each new launch from Cape Canaveral on a BW TV. The first walk on the moon, all of the momentous events related to space exploration that accompanied our human race the past fifty years, have served to keep the dream of being out "there" alive. Today we can quite literally surf through our universe and look at pictures taken a heartbeat ago. That is so cool! Everything is about perspectives. The universe has not changed in the entire course of recorded human history. (I could be severely chastised by the entire global intellectual community for offering up a statement such as this, but remember the word that precedes it, perspectives) That doesn't mean there aren't changes. All of what we know about our universe is changing constantly, but not so much that it impacts our daily walk. A lot of my photos are shot with a 15 yr old Canon eos 620. More than likely earth's moon is the only one I shall have the pleasure of photographing, but we can have our dreams. Picture A wonderful architect at the furthest reaches of the heavens. Our Creator, God, may be why we are looking, or perhaps it is our curiosity. Whatever your perspective, it is good to know that there will always be others to share it with that are just as much in the "dark" about it as you and me. Sunday comes around again tomorrow, and there is "light" to be found. There are insights to be discovered in regard to this celestial sphere we inhabit. Perhaps if we look within ourselves we can learn more of what is truly "out there!" In Christ's Love, Preacher.

And a "lesser" light to rule the night, evoking images of romance and provoking the imagination for untold eons! 

This Was Taken At Ten In The Morning. A Beautiful Place Where "SOMETHING" Can Be Found....PEACE.....!