A new look

Tough day today. Hope is still alive though. The tomb is empty and Jesus is alive sitting at the right hand of the Father. 41 days till Easter. In this Lent season let us remember to hold everything we have with open hands. Our life is not our own.

lamentations 3:31-33
For men are not cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.

happy valentines day.

Alive -

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Sir, do you have Pigeons in your pants?

The 23-year-old man was stopped at Melbourne International Airport Sunday after arriving on a flight from Dubai with two live pigeons stuffed in his tights.

The service alleges that two eggs were found inside a multivitamin container carried by the passenger, who comes from Melbourne.

A further search revealed that he was wearing tights -- with a live bird stashed down each leg.

Photographs show the birds appear to have been rolled in newspaper and polythene with only their heads showing.

The images indicate that one bird was attached to each of the alleged smuggler's lower legs. -CNN

Hail, gladdening Light

Phos Hilaron (Φῶς Ἱλαρόν) is the earliest known Christian hymn recorded outside of the Bible that is still being used today. Phos literally translated means anything emitting light and Hilaros literally translated is cheerful and joyous. This is a modern translation from John Keble:

Hail, gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured
Who is th’immortal Father, heavenly, blest,
Holiest of Holies–Jesus Christ our Lord!

Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest;
The lights of evening round us shine;
We hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit divine!

Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung
With undefiled tongue,
Son of our God, giver of life, alone:
Therefore in all the world thy glories, Lord, thy own. Amen.

hidden treasure in my bookshelf.

My book collection is not anywhere close where I want it to be. I had to leave a lot of books behind in Tennessee when I moved out west. I had to make a lot of tough decisions so the one hundred books or so that did make it are somewhat important. Even though I haven’t read all of them I know them pretty well. Lets just say I know what I have on my shelves. Last night before going to sleep and saving the life of a mouse from an angry Latino I was looking at my books. This is something I do quite often but last night I picked up a book that I have seen plenty of times but I never really knew what it was. Once I started reading about the author and the topic I realized that I had just found a treasure hidden with in my collection.

Dorothy Sayers, Letters to a Diminished Church is a collection of essays arguing for the relevance of Christian doctrine. Sayers was a member of the famous “Inklings,” a group that met in a pub called the Eagle and Child in Oxford, England. This group’s members included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. I was shocked and excited to learn that a woman was in the “Inklings”. As I started to read through the first chapter before bead I realized I was going to really enjoy her writing.

“Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as a bad press. We are constantly assured that the churches are empty because preachers insist too much upon doctrine-dull dogma as people call it. The fact is the precise opposite. It is the neglect of dogma that makes for dullness. The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man-and the dogma is the drama… The plot pivots upon a single character, and the whole action is the answer to a single central problem: What think ye of Christ?” – Dorothy L. Sayers

May we never be bored but constantly amazed by the supremacy of Christ and the story that we find ourselves in.