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Princess Lily Jedi Baby prepares to take on Batman posted by John David Walt | at 7/29/2005 10:38:00 PM | 4 comments
Madame Guyon on loving the cross
You must learn to love the cross. He who does not love the cross does not love the things of God (matthew 16:23) It is impossible for you to truly love the Lord without loving the cross. The believer who loves the cross finds that even the bitterest things that come his way are sweet. The Scripture says, "to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet." (Prov. 27"7)
How much do you desire to hunger after God? You will hunger after God, and find Him, in the same proportion that you hunger after the cross.
Here is a true spiritual principle that the Lord will not deny: God gives us the cross, and then the cross gives us God.
Photo: one of the stations of the cross captured at the Abbey of Subiaco in Subiaco, Arkansas.
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posted by John David Walt | at 7/29/2005 10:27:00 PM | 1 comments
superfriends pledge to save the world
Batman = Douglas, our neighbor who is moving. Superman = David. Spidergirl = Mary Kathryn. A great picture of story immersion.
posted by John David Walt | at 7/29/2005 10:21:00 PM
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Monday, July 25, 2005
imagine the view from here this room, partially framed will house my study in the new house. will give me a great vantage point on the sunrise from the East. more on that to come.. . . . the meaning of East that is.
posted by John David Walt | at 7/25/2005 02:14:00 PM | 1 comments
Thursday, July 21, 2005
a fable
Set: In the car with David (5) Mary Kathryn (3) and Lily (15 mos.) enroute to home from supper at McDonalds.
David: Daddy, tell us the story of the rabbit and the turtle again. Remember that one you told us before?
Daddy: (proceeds to tell the story in as animated a fashion as possible.)
David: Where did you learn that story?
Daddy: It's a fable David.
David: What's a fable?
Daddy: A fable is a short story designed to teach you a lesson about something. Do you know what the lesson is of the rabbit and the turtle?
David: What is it?
Daddy: That the winner is the one who never stops moving no matter how slowly.
David: No. It's that the fastest is the slowest and the slowest is the fastest.
Daddy: YEAH!
David: THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING!
Daddy: WOW DAVID! THAT'S AWESOME! You're so right!
It made me realize afresh how stories work and why Jesus was so keen on telling stories. Propositional insight, no matter how insightful, most often remains flat and unconvincing. Insight discovered in the world of the story provides explosive epiphany. . . . . . that changes everything! Any thoughts about this?
btw-- photo is of David's 5 yr old birthday party-- 7.18.05-- superfriends motif.
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posted by John David Walt | at 7/21/2005 08:20:00 AM | 3 comments
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
My Prayer I'm asking the Spirit to teach me Joy
as Life-Full Fruit
becoming "my strength"
igniting the ever kindled bush of salvation.
I'm asking the Spirit to be my Joy-Coach
to reveal in me
Joy's personality
his character
her countenance
to fan into flame an unquenchable fire of Love
who sees clearly in all circumstance
despite calamity
I'm asking the Spirit to give me Joy
a radical detachment from everything but
YOU
a gravity defying freedom
rendering fear helpless, standing there, staring up at
ONE
in whose gaze is born Faith.
7.9.05
anybody out there got anything to teach me about Joy?
Labels: poetry
posted by John David Walt | at 7/20/2005 06:21:00 AM | 1 comments
Monday, July 18, 2005
Our House in the Middle of our Street
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posted by John David Walt | at 7/18/2005 10:18:00 PM | 1 comments
Thursday, July 14, 2005
great quote i saw today "There are many who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge: that is
curiosity. There are others who desire to know in order that they may be
known: that is vanity. Others seek knowledge in order to sell it: that is
dishonorable. But there are some who seek knowledge in order to edify
others: that is love." -St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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posted by John David Walt | at 7/14/2005 11:38:00 AM | 4 comments
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
We're Back
from a 10 day trip to the far reaches of "the promised land" (a.k.a. Arkansas). I will be unfolding that journey here in all its visual and poetic dimension in the next several days. Here's a picture from day one that provided a lot of fun for us. Recognize this guy? posted by John David Walt | at 7/12/2005 09:37:00 AM | 8 comments
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