Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Proper 14 BCP 232) Don’t Hesitate BY MARY OLIVER If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb. I love reading poetry which reminds me to be incarnational. To remem...
As time passes by and technology improves cherry tree blooms early All eras come to an end. I have moved my online sermons and reflections to Substack. You can continue reading and listening to my sermons and occasional reflections at: https://elizayoda.substack.com/ Thank you Blogger.
If I asked you all to imagine a green hill with a blue sky with some small white puffy clouds on it, how many of you would see the Microsoft Windows background screen which was so popular for decades? It is reportedly one of the most widely known photographs ever taken it is now titled Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills bought from National Geography photographer Charles O'Rear it depicts a green hill and blue sky with a few white clouds on it. It was taken on the Sonoma Napa county line in California in 1996. The hill was in a resting stage between different vintages of wine grapes at the time and the story goes, O'Rear was driving to visit his girlfriend after a storm earlier in the day and saw the scene at the perfect moment. He put it up on a photo sharing website from where Microsoft bought it to use as their Windows background image. It is somewhat ironic to me, in an age of technology as more and more of spend hours staring at screens that most of us have at so...
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