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  • The Shining River

    “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves…

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  • Doing Battle With The Dragon

    “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, 
but the victory belongs to the Lord.”  ~~ Proverbs 21:31  As I journeyed with my group along the Silk Road on the fourth day of our pilgrimage, we saw the twin peaked volcano Mount Erciyes, on which St. George of Cappadocia was said to have slain…

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  • Crayola Crayons and the Secret of The Cross

    “When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.”                                  …

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  • Twinkie Dust & The New Creation

    “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old.  I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?”  ~~ Isaiah 43:18-19 My favorite time in Vacation Bible School was the plaster handprint. When I was a child in the 1950’s, we were given our…

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  • Macaroni Art

    “We have this treasure in jars of clay so that it made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.” ~~ 2 Corinthians 4:7 I brought the “Great Macaroni Multimedia Traveling Art & Icon Experience” to Seminary during Art & Religion Week. We were happily making icons from the…

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