Author: Ron Baker

Two days ago we saw the Bunny!!

When it snowed back in the fall (imagine, I can even remember back that far!) we saw pawprints.

Two big, then two small, hopped over by two big, then two small paws.  Our imaginations started creating images of what this creature was.  I knew it wasn’t dappled, like one Josiah saw!  He had to be big, tall, a hare of some sort.

Then we saw him.  Out the window of the back door.  I rushed to get my camera but was too late.  He’s too fast for me. 

He’s here!  But where is he?

The weather has been above zero degrees Celsius.

So what better thing than in the late afternoon to head downtown.  We are within two blocks of the main street – the air was crisp but not chilly.  After the added pounds of Christmas a walk is always good!

At the post office a discussion is overheard about insurance coverage.  One party has received a payment for basement repairs.  Another did not qualify although their circumstances were basically the same.  One small lie and the repairs could have been paid by insurance.  In our day and age, I’m always surprised at how many do not lie – and sometimes at how many do!!

As we wandered past our local “Movie Gallery” the sign says, “free weekend rental” – one per day.  We ventured in and were informed that this was indeed true.  The interesting thing is that the clerk had memorized the spiel.  It was more fun listening to her rhyme it off, than actually finding out we could get a free rental. 

I almost feel like returning, just to torment her!    “Can I really get a free rental?”

If a church is hospitable, does that serve as the best approach to our current culture? 

This is the old argument of market driven versus people driven church services. 

Check here for a well written article that will capture your thoughts and give you reason to consider the hospitality driven church.

“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.”

Some days you run across something on the net!

Today it was a short excerpt from a poem quoted on a website by Nancy Nordenson, found in the section where she gives her daily quotes:

 “The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.” by John Vance Cheney, (1848 – 1922) an Amercian poet and librarian – not a bad combination!

I immediately started a further search of the net and found the complete poem.  It appears that the quote is from his poem “Tears” – not a bad approach to sorrow and tough times.

Not in the time of pleasure
Hope doth set her bow;
But in the sky of sorrow,
Over the vale of woe.

Through gloom and shadow look we
On beyond the years!
The soul would have no rainbow
Had the eyes no tears.

• The Century Vol. 44, Issue 4 (August 1892)