Stepping through the passage

Mission Carmel

As a young child in California one learns that standing in a doorway is a safe place in the event of an earthquake. More than once in the night have I found myself standing in the doorway. You will find this instruction on almost every preparedness list.

In one's personal journey however when we stand in the doorway we may feel safe from the what may fall ... however it isn't until we step through the threshold that we can live and experience life!  Christ offers us life and love and the beauty of all that is!  Come walk through the opening ... see what awaits!

Windows

Deep within

Is the opening

To the soul

Often protected

Often hidden

When you are patient

You will discover

That what is there

Is worth the wait

Deep within

Lies the questions

Lies the answers

Lies the meaning

Time with 'rents

How lucky can I be ... 

These are my folks ... 

Mom on the left

Dad on the right

Between them 174 years!

This week I'm spending a few days with them

Today Carmel

Tomorrow mom volunteers at a thrift shop

Dad and I go to the zoo!

Wednesday a trip to see my aunt

Thursday a museum then dinner company.

Time with the 'rents

For those who grieve their deaths

Give thanks for the days you had.

Share memories with your children

Make memories with your children

For those who are as fortunate as I

Stop what you are doing

Write them a note

Give them a call

Take an afternoon

Give them thanks 

What Kind of Love is This

Promised love.

Love not dependent on feelings

Love not dependent on thinking

Love that is promised

And a promise that won't be broken

God's love for us

Promised love

May the love you two professed today, Andy and Jane, be the feeling love, the cognitive love, and most importantly the promised love.  Those of us gather today give you our commitment to support, uplift, and pray for your marriage in these days and years ahead. 

"And now these tree remain:  faith, hope and love.

And the greatest of these is love."

I Corinthians 13: 13

Fentons

Smiles

Memories

Hot Fudge

Black and Tan

Whipped cream

A cherry on top

Memories

Crab sandwiches

Malts

French fries

Banana Split

Memories

Lunch with mormor

Ice cream with mom

Papa's favorite

Now ... thanks to UP the whole world wants to stop at Fentons!

Dust to dust

We are all one.

We come into the world.

We leave the world.

Today's news highlight

The deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

How many others have died this day?

Some only a few hours old

Others who have lived over a century.

We move from dust to dust

Yet ... during the minutes, hours, days, and years 

It is then that we make our mark

It is then that we are called to serve

"Two icons lost in one day" says the newscaster

Not really sure about that.

Many were lost this day through death

Each that was lost was loved

Today there are many who grieve

Let us live to support those ... 

Let us live to love one another ... 

Let us live not to be a 30 second story on the news

Let us live to serve.

"You are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Genesis 3:19

Changing Landscapes

For those of you who don't know me or where I live ... this is looking north up the Genesee River toward downtown Rochester. 

Looking up toward down.  mmm mmm mmm 

Just that phrase is worth some words.

Anyway ... Rochester is a wonderful place. As any medium size city it has its "warts" but this one offers so much.  As the home to Eastman Kodak it was once a company town ... and while now there are less than 10,000 employees ... it is still a town with lots of photographers ... and imaging is still essential to its identity. In the downtown there are also large office buildings ... one for Bausch and Lomb, another for Xerox.  

I moved here 16 years ago ... and there is still so much to explore.  I live close to work (2.8 miles), .5 mile to an expansive park known as Ellison Park, 3 miles from Lake Ontario, an hour from Finger Lakes and the wine country, 90 minutes to Niagara Falls.

Okay ... enough ... am rambling.  

Maybe should take a Blog break.  

Tomorrow I leave for CA ... now there is nothing like the Pacific coast!