[ Jesus said:] "Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”“Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”[Matthew 22:19-21 Exodus 3:7-8 new international version]Continue reading "WHOSE IMAGE IS THIS?"
WHAT ABOUT THE CANAANITES? (2026)
Then the LORD said, “I’ve clearly seen my people oppressed in Egypt I’ve heard their cries of injustice because of their slave masters. I know about their pain. I’ve come down to rescue them from the Egyptians in order to take them out of that land and bring them to a good and broad land,Continue reading "WHAT ABOUT THE CANAANITES? (2026)"
LEAVES AND LOSS
Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others,so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies, and another is born.[sirach 14:18 NRSVUE] Autumn is a photographer’s dream when it comes to capturing color. The flamboyant foliage has been late arriving to Northeastern Ohio, so I have yet to get outContinue reading "LEAVES AND LOSS"
