Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Have you ever thought what it would be like if someone knew everything about you? Brian Doyle in an ode to the heart writes, “So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one in the end—not mother and father, not wife or husband, not lover, not child, not friend. We open windows to each but we live alone in the house of the heart. Perhaps we must. Perhaps we could not bear to be so naked.” It’s true that we keep much of what’s in our heart hidden from others, but Scripture reveals that, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God . . .

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Joyas Voladoras
Larry Ricksen Larry Ricksen

Joyas Voladoras

Over the last three years I’ve taken thousands of pictures of hummingbirds in my backyard. These incredible creatures are a wonder to observe, but difficult to capture in photos. In fact, just a handful of the images I’ve taken are good enough to keep. In this post I’ve included a few of these photos, and a moving essay by Brian Doyle, titled Joyas Voladoras . . .

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