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 outContinueContinue reading “LEAVES AND LOSS”
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TO LEAVE A LEGACY
Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap,Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.[thomas gray, “elegy written in a country churchyard 1751] What do I want people to say about me when I’m no longer on this earth? What else besidesContinueContinue reading “TO LEAVE A LEGACY”
GOOD FRIDAY: DEATH AND THE CROSS
Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus answered, ‘Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterwards.’ Peter said to him, ‘Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’ Jesus answered, ‘Will you lay down your life for me? VeryContinueContinue reading “GOOD FRIDAY: DEATH AND THE CROSS”
