Lenten Lights AA ~ Six Word Story ~ because Sundays in Lent are celebrations ~ +++++++++++++++ Six-Word Stories for Lenten LightsSix Word Stories, inspired by Ernest Hemingway show up often on my blog. During the 40 days of Lent, six-word stories are (usually)…
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Late Summer Six-Word Stories We’ve just turned the corner from summer to autumn. Before the warm days slip away entirely, I want to share a few late summer six-word stories.* Most are from trips in September. The first three were…
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Practicing Resurrection II This picture is part of a series of six-word stories that capture Wendell Berry’s provocative idea of “practicing resurrection.” In late April the pathway around a lake near my house flooded. The walkway and surrounding fields were…
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Practicing Resurrection I During Ordinary Time this summer, my congregation is taking a point of departure from Wendell Berry and crafting worship around “practicing resurrection.” We are looking to the created world to see what speaks to us of God’s…
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A Six-Word Story* ____________ * This idea came from Six Word Story Everyday. At that site contributors offer pictures worth a lot of words, but they only use six to tell each story. Since that discovery, I’ve posted a number of these short…
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Holy Week | Postcards Tuesday Today’s digital postcard is the third in a series of posts from our travels this Holy Week (and Spring Break for my family). This photo comes from standing in line near the “southern most point” in the…
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Holy Week | Postcards This year Holy Week and Spring Break fall in the same week. So we are traveling. We are loving our travels through the amazing tropical regions of South Florida. (Meanwhile predictions of snow fill the forecast at…
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Six Word Stories from England About a year ago I discovered Six Word Story Everyday. It’s a fun way to tell a story using only six words. Along the way over the past year, I’ve posted a number of these short story-pictures,…
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Sacred Six-Word Stories This idea came from Six Word Story Everyday. At that site contributors offer pictures worth a lot of words, but they only use six to tell each story. Since last fall I’ve posted a number of these…
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Summertime Six-Word Stories* To what does this way lead? summer zinnias open to the sun Persephone and Demeter lose their heads ++++++++++++++++++ These six-word stories from early summer are a cool way to say a lot with a picture and just six words.
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Holy Week V – FridaySix Word Stories* Cohen: O longing of the branches ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from Leonard Cohen’s newly released “Old Ideas” album. The song is “Come Healing.” Listen…
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Holy Week II – TuesdaySix Word Stories* * During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the lectionary gospel text: John 12:20-36.
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Holy Week I – Monday Six Word Stories* ______________________ * During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories.
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Final Road Trip Pics These pics and captions are my final installment from a family road trip. The last three posts are my version of “six word stories” which are fun to create and allow the picture tell as much…
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Travlin’ Down the Highway . . . As the trip continues, many new ideas and perspectives have emerged along the way in wide open vistas, deep canyons, dark caves and long stretches of highway . . . . Here are…
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On the road again. . . . This week I’m on the road with my family. To have a little fun tracking through the trip, I’ll be posting six-word stories and pics. I stumbled onto the idea last week, and…
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