As a record collector, I often have records I haven't opened yet while I decide if I need to turn around and sell them to buy something else. #recordCollecting

So I finally open this copy of Ta det lugnt by Dungen and see this amazing splatter pattern when I thought I was just getting black vinyl. It was an amazing surprise.

#TaDeLungt #Dungen #records #vinyl

When I baptize people in our sanctuary, I'm known to use a LOT of water. People often come away drenched. This was the aftermath of baptism on the communion table.

#methodist #church #umc #pastor #baptism #water

I WAITED full two hours, or more,
Beneath the old pine tree,
Where oft I've lingered twilight hours,
Watching, my Love, for thee.

I waited till the shadows grew
Like giants, grim and grey;
I waited till night's coming chased
The shadows far away.

I waited for, I knew not what;
But, oh, I waited there,
Hoping, perchance, some ray to find,
To lighten my despair.

- Mary E. Tucker, The Tryst

#silentSunday #Advent #waiting #purple #church #christian #christianity #poem

I just printed this photo to hang on my office wall so I could remember my spiritual pilgrimage in Sweden.

#Sweden #Malmo #pilgrim #prayer #boat #water
#throwbackThursday #ArtAdventCalendar

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." - 1 Corinthians 13:12

Postmodern thinkers began the work of fully acknowledging the contingent nature of knowledge and experienced reality. Even as we become better (collectively) at creating and analyzing data, we still struggle to see ourselves clearly as we seek to see others clearly. 1/

"There is no bridge between historical, finite knowledge and God's existence and nature. This gap can only be crossed by a 'leap.'" - Vincent Edward Smith on Kierkegaard

#kierkegaard #existentialism #monday #theology #philosophy #contingent #metaphysics #photo #photography #faith #leapOfFaith #iHateHashTags

Setting up the sanctuary for Advent.

#advent #christ #christian #purple

Alt: my church sanctuary with a lot of wood and beams and stained glass windows and a stained glass installation behind the altar.

#photoMonday #newportBeach #orangeCounty #california #dreamy

Alt: orange bike on the beach