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this is the photo that i used for reference.
i started the pen at the top, under the chin. it is continuous line,
without looking at the pen or paper, and without lifting the pen.
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from here and there
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“One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face.”
william butler yeates
nance marie . oregon . united states of america
clothes pegs
mere christianity . by csLewis
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The last chapter.
Throughout this book, Lewis has been pointing
to Christ Jesus from many perspectives. He has
taken us in a circle around Jesus while always
encouraging us to look at the center, Jesus, the
center of it all. He tells us that to live with Christ
is life within death, that we find ourself by simply
looking to Jesus, and that we are growing-up into
a child…a child that Loves God.
Sitting in the lap of the Lord.
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Faithful Love
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photograph
crackers in glass jar
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the surface
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the curtain has been torn
breaking the surface
we see our sinful self
our life
in the darkness
we know who we are
no need to hide
from the light
walk in the light
see our sinful nature
no need to hide
our ragamuffin self
no need to hide
our Love of God
our need
we shall not hide
for all our Love and
all Glory goes to our Savior
in Him
we are no longer lost
no longer apart
no longer alone
rise from beneath
shake the placid surface
feel the living water
know the pain and destruction
the anguish, and hurt
of this life
from it He was not spared
we know His Love is in all
no need to hide
take up your cross
and follow
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26316047&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=adb4f3 the surface by nance.mdr
voices and friends . poetry reading
Note:
Please leave your poetry links at the Facebook group called Voices and Friends, on any day, or days, of the week that you choose. We are no longer restricted to Monday. Thank you. nance
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somethin’
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i think that grass can be very expressive…
and i missed the bigger photos…did you?
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can less ever be more?
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As much as i have depended on interaction here, it seems that my eyes are tiring of looking at a bright screen to read the posts necessary to stay in contact with others. I don’t plan to stop writing in my blog. But, i know that i will be reading less blog posts, and so you will not be getting comments from me on a regular basis.
voices and friends . poetry reading
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Every week i am amazed that people come here and leave their gift of voice and poetry. I know, by having done it, that it takes time and effort to have a poem, arrange a place and time to record, put it on a post, and to come here and leave a link. But, i really want the effort and time spent in enjoying the process. Because if you don’t, then forget it and do something else. Love you big time.
If you want, just click on a name below and it will take you to where you can listen to a poem being read.
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paint
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I’m not sure where we’re headed with this, but, we are still slowly moving right along. Acrylic is just a totally odd medium. Liquid plastic, that dries remarkably fast, and it is close to impossible to mix colours. I know it has favorable qualities, like easy clean-up. Anyway, it is what it is. At this point, i like painting to be experimental. This way i am less concerned about mistakes and more open to enjoying the process. It’s a place where mistakes are often opportunities in disguise.
friday photo
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i have a dream…
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| “People Gathering” by Bevan Tjampitjimpa |
My dream church is one with no pews, where everyone, yes…everyone, is in a circular pattern. No front of the room, no back of the room, no stage or platform. All chairs, pillows, mats, etc. are brought along and taken away again. Sitting or standing, kneeling…all good. No hymnals, bring your own bible. No agenda, no announcements of events coming up, no sunday school. Open the door at a certain time for prayer and worship and just let it flow for awhile. And that’s it. After a few hours and everyone has gone, close the doors.
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This is an excerpt from someone’s blog post:
The church did not use “pews” for over 1,000 year after the church was born. In the original vintage church, they met in homes, so the feeling was family, community looking at one another, interacting with one another. The first formal building the church met in weekly was in the post-300 AD time period and modeled after the Roman Basilica (law court) and in these buildings people stood the whole time. There were no seats at all. So even standing, meant interacting and the freedom to walk around and not be locked into one place. In the 13th Century, there were backless benches made of stone placed against walls. They are first were placed in a semi-circle around the meeting room and then eventually fixed to the floor.
In the 14th century the “pews” as we know them were introduced, but were not popularized into church architecture until the 15th century. Wood benches with backs replaced stone seats. Remember, at this time period, the Reformation was happening where the pulpit was introduced as the focal point of church architecture – so the pews then became the places where people took seats to focus on the pulpit and the sermon which was shaped into a certain more formal format at the time of Reformation. It was so people of the Reformation and what was happening could sit and listen to a preacher. They didn’t have Bibles on their own, they didn’t read for the most part, so in response to what was going on culturally in the early Reformation period they made rows of seats to sit and listen to someone preach.
You can find the whole post here.
voices and friends . poetry reading
This Poetry Reading is whatever you want to make it.
Go ahead, take part, and just have some fun.
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One on one
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I don’t like to label groups of people. Even though i know that it must be done to some extent, the people in most groups do not all think completely alike, no matter how they are represented. People vary greatly under the same label.
There is also the fact that anyone who speaks of a group and makes a name or label for them can say anything they want about said group, and it may or may not be true. Be careful to weigh what you hear.
A person can generalize about another person until a closer look is taken. And no one can know a whole group, unless you know each and every person’s heart.
Plus, each person doesn’t even know their own heart completely, so how could anyone else?
What i am saying is that God is the only one that knows a person’s heart. So no matter what a group or a person seems to be, we can not even pretend to know the whole truth.
We don’t know…and so we might want to allow our heart to remain sensitive when we think or speak about others. For there is one judge, and it is He who knows each person’s heart.
Allow your heart to remain sensitive to the leading of Holy Spirit and God’s word.
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My photograph, is of plums. A bit blurred, but i like it that way. All the plums are indeed plums, but, even if you can’t see it in this photo, they are all different, unique in some way. I want to remember that people are all people and yet they are each unique, special, and to be Loved.
A LITTLE SOMETHIN' 