On our summer vacation last month, my family and I visited Door County, WI. It’s a large and beautiful peninsula jutting out into the great inland sea called Lake Michigan (our world’s 4th largest lake by volume and 5th largest by surface area). And I learned that the name “Door” for Door County comes from the name “Death’s Door,” and it refers to the treacherous currents and sudden rough seas that are common in the large channel of water connecting the great Green Bay with the rest of Lake Michigan. In fact, there are lots of old shipwrecks (more…)
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Death’s Door / Life’s Door
Posted in Devotional, Lutheran Church, Science & Religion, tagged All Things, Chaos, Charity, Compassion, Creation, Creative Being, Creator, Death's Door, Destroyer, Destruction, Door County, Drought, Earthquake, Eternal Life, Eternal Light, Eternal Self, Evolution, Ferryboat, Fire, Gills Rock, Glass Blower, Glory of God, God, God's Grace, Green Bay, Hugo, Jesus, Lake Michigan, Natural Disaster, Order, Process of Creation, Redeemer, Revelation, Rough Seas, Service, Treacherous Currents, Universal Doorway, Universal Soul, Washington Island, Wrath of God on July 27, 2012 |
An All-Inclusive Prayer
Posted in Devotional, Inter-Faith Relations, Lutheran Church, Public Sphere, tagged Alpha and Omega, Amen, Charity, Cross, Diversity, Empty Tomb, Glory, God, God Conscious, God Consciousness, God's will, Good Works, Grace, Holy Scriptures, Holy Spirit, I Am, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Lent, Love, One God, One Heart, One Love, Prayer, Service, Spirit, Spiritual, Supreme Being, True, Truth, Unity, Yahweh on January 25, 2012 |
Almighty and wonderful God, we are thankful for your all-pervading, all-encompassing, eternal Presence within and beyond us.
One God of all, our thanks and praise belong to you, because you are the source and ground of all being. In you we live, move and have our being, O Lord! (more…)
