Our Lawn Is Blooming

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God’s stuff always works!

Our lawn is dappled all over with purple dead-nettle–not to mention wild violets in the shady spots, dandelions, and these tiny white wildflowers that I’ve never seen before. And we have a stand on bright yellow flowers around our bird feeder–which, happily, Frank the landlord couldn’t find it in his heart to mow down.

Our yard is awash with color–so much nicer, I think, than just a featureless green lawn. We have daffodils around the doorways, and the tulips are coming up. Our honeybees are busy. Soon, I hope, we’ll see butterflies, too.

We have a wonderful Creator and a glorious Creation.

 

Good Friday: No Nooze

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Today is Good Friday, a profoundly holy day in which we commemorate Christ’s crucifixion–a murder perpetrated by the authorities in Jerusalem (yes, Pontius Pilate: you proved to be a waste of space).

But Our Lord consented to it. Without sin Himself, He took upon Himself the sins of all humanity: He was wounded for our transgressions, and by His stripes we are healed.

In light of this, I can’t bring myself to do regular nooze reporting today. Not on Good Friday. Hold ’em over till tomorrow. The stupid stuff our fallen world is doing will still be there tomorrow. I’ve also decided this is not a day for Joe Collidge.

Hymns and prayers and Christian fellowship–that’s what we need today. It’s not business as usual: we have more pressing business up above.

A Scene from ‘The Robe’ (2021)

We do have to be careful about using “Bible movies” as a source of doctrine. But in this scene from The Robe, Victor Mature and Richard Burton captured an emotional impact that certainly should be part of the experience.

It’s not a thing we should ever take for granted.

‘O Sacred Head Now Wounded’

Would you believe we sang this in… school? Our seventh-grade chorus Spring Concert included it.

This hymn, commemorating the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, goes back to 1250 A.D. We’ll hear the bells of St. Francis play it today.