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 |
Epiphany and the Gospel of Reconciliation
Posted in Devotional, Inter-Faith Relations, Lutheran Church, Public Sphere, tagged Christians, Corinthians, Democrat, Diversity, Ephesians, Epiphany, gay, Gentiles, God's will, Gospel, Grace, heterosexual, Hindu, homosexual, inclusiveness, Isaiah, Jesus, Jews, Love, Ministry of Reconciliation, Muslims, One God, Politics, Prayer, Predestination, Reconciliation, Reconciling in Christ, Republican, Revelation, RIC, straight, Three Magi, Three Wise Men, Truth, Zoroastrian on January 4, 2012 |
I’m always amazed when I catch a snowflake and look closely at its unique beauty. It is absolutely amazing to me to think that no two snowflakes are alike. In all time and throughout all the universe, whenever and wherever a snowflake of crystallized H2O can exist, no two snowflakes are exactly alike.
This is amazing to me, and it says a lot about who God is. (more…)
