Thursday, April 25, 2013

Words on Words










"When we convene again
to understand the world,
the first speaker will again
point silently out the window
at the hillside in its season,
sunlit, under the snow,
and we will nod silently,
and silently stand and go."

[Wendell Berry - Sabbaths 2000, II]

Monday, April 15, 2013

There is Pain in These Names...







Abraham.

Isaac.

Jacob.

Names that often emerge thoughts of prosperity and power and triumph.

Monday, April 8, 2013

The Village










A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

A priest happened to be going down the same road and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.

The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, "Look after him and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense that you may have."

Interesting story.