A "reflective" moment

(Pablo Picasso, "Girl Before a Mirror", 1932)Psalm 18:26:"With the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself perverse."It all started this morning when I was brushing my teeth. I was looking in the bathroom mirror and had the sudden realization that when you look in a mirror, you don't see yourself--you see yourself, backwards. You see everything behind you, but

"...Star differs from star in glory..."

(Vincent Van Gogh, "Starry Night over the Rhone," 1888)I Corinthians 15:40-44:"There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory. So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is

A hedge-y endeavor

Ecclesiastes 10:10:"If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted; but wisdom helps one to succeed."Well, that is pretty much the sum total of what the Bible has to say about splitting logs.In the last couple of weeks, I've had the fence builders out here, totally rebuilding my pasture fences. My long-eared equines (mostly my mule) have taken a toll on

A season of curvy roads

Make sure you watch the video before you read on. This was the object of our Theological Reflection in EFM last night.Many things struck me about this video, but the big thing was all the "curvy roads," especially the one at the end. The last frames show a curving road through a rocky, barren desert, with a road sign showing curves ahead and a 20 mph speed limit.This is going to sound strange,