You can become all flame…

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from Desert Perspectives

Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, ‘Abba as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?’ then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, ‘If you will, you can become all flame.’

from stories of the desert fathers (HT: Daniel Siedell)

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Read more | Comments (1) | May 3rd, 2010

Stealing Transcendence

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“…wilderness cannot be home because it does not provide the necessary culture-forming resources to make it home….The wilderness is preeminently the place where it seems impossible to fulfil our calling to be God’s image-bearing agents in creation. It becomes a place where [we are] reawakened to the gift character of the world.”

Middleton & Walsh (from “truth is stranger than it used to be”)

I’ve been experimenting a little with some photo ‘re-mixes’. Taking an old desert photo of mine (from a visit to Joshua Tree National Park) and ‘borrowing’ some textures from Makoto Fujimura (taken from his Countenance donation at The By/For Project.)

Here’s a taster

For more see the Desert Perspectives album.

“Thank God for hard stones; thank God for hard facts; thank God for thorns and rocks and deserts and long years. At least I know now that I am not the best or strongest thing in the world. At least I know now that I have not dreamed of everything.”

G.K. Chesterton

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Read more | Comments (2) | May 2nd, 2010

Happy Christmas!

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Read more | Comments (0) | December 24th, 2009

red

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It’s been a while since I posted anything, so… when in doubt upload a photo.

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Read more | Comments (0) | December 5th, 2009

steam

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I’m not a particular steam train fan, but Thomas the Tank Engine has followers in my house. So, here are some photos from a recent steam-related family outing.

(The album was created with Apple iWeb and doesn’t seem to work with some older browsers. Let me know if you have problems.)

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Read more | Comments (0) | August 25th, 2009

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Read more | Comments (0) | May 27th, 2009

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