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Category Archives: Nature
‘Everyone seems to be vulnerable’
United Methodist News Service writer Linda Bloom on tornadoes: Tornados were not uncommon in northern Indiana when I was growing up, but none of them ever touched down in my hometown of Fort Wayne. According to Native American legend, or … Continue reading
Neighborhood Garden
From the dedication yesterday of the Neighborhood Garden on the corner of Broad and Church Streets. Several religious groups and community organizations signed up for the plots and have recently planted. Long ago this site was a gas station.
Tuscaloosa Tornado
Video taken yesterday. Leaves me speechless. Looks like a giant, devouring tree. The video shows smaller tornadoes spinning sideways off the main one. These huge tornadoes are spinning so fast that some of that spin is shed, spawning sidekicks. That’s … Continue reading
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Light In Winter
Officially, winter begins on the solstice, but that is the darkest day of the year. If you care about light, half of the darkest days are already over when winter officially begins. And the phenomenon of each day getting darker … Continue reading
Cleveland From the West
A view of downtown Cleveland from the west, along the shore of Lake Erie. I liked the threefold composition of this picture, showing land, water (or ice) and sky. We had a lovely time in Cleveland over the weekend, visiting … Continue reading
God Is Ultimate
The biblical view of creation is so familiar to us that its role as the foundation of Christian theology may not be apparent. It differs in crucial respects from the views of all the ancient philosophers. The Genesis stories of … Continue reading
The Bible Is Like a Dirt Road
The US has fewer and fewer dirt roads: Nationwide, unpaved roads have been cut nearly in half since 1960, according to the Federal Highway Administration. That’s quite an achievement, but a task still not complete. In 2008, the US had … Continue reading
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Seeds of Faith
The First Christian Church of Lansing has a community garden called Seeds of Faith. Their garden sits on top of the ground in raised beds. I admired the garden during a morning break at a workshop led by Ron Allen, … Continue reading
Church Bell
This bell hung in the old Broad Street church and called Methodists to worship for 75 years. Today it sits in a courtyard behind the church building on Maple Avenue. A canopy of branches covers the old bell.
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Our Community Garden
Our church made the front page in Saturday’s local paper: A 5,000-square-foot garden planted by members of Adrian’s First United Methodist Church has put some 700 pounds of fresh produce in the hands of some local charities this growing season. … Continue reading
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Straits of Mackinac
The Mackinac Bridge links the Lower and Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Before the bridge was completed in 1957, only ferries went across the Straits of Mackinac. The Mackinac Bridge Walk began that first year with 250 participants. It happens now … Continue reading
Red Flower
Yesterday our church staff met at a lovely home for a day of planning. We talked through the calendar for the coming year and discussed events and programs to populate it. Folks kicked off sandals at the door and went … Continue reading
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A Path
This picture, from a park in Toledo, suggested to me the opening line from Pilgrim’s Progress: “As I walked through the wilderness of this world…” What does this image suggest to you?
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Six Colors
Black, gray, green, yellow, pink, and terra cotta. I like the contrast between circles and lines too.
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‘Blue Lightning and Flashes of Green Light’
Tornadoes hit southeastern Michigan early Sunday morning: Cassandra Kraehnke, who lives in Kimberly Estates mobile home park in Frenchtown, said their home was “not the safest place to be” when the tornado warning sirens sounded. She and her husband, brother-in-law, … Continue reading
Planting Begins
Planting began this week in our church’s community garden, God’s Acre. “A sower went out to sow.” (Mk 4.3)
