At the end of the story of Job, God gives him a new family of 7 sons and 3 daughters. Did this make up for the things Job had lost? I don’t think so, but it does show that even after great suffering we can begin to live again Continue reading Beginning to Live Again: A Sermon on Job 42:1-17
What do good people do when bad things happen? Through an encounter with God they gain a new perspective on their suffering and their life. Continue reading God Answers Job: Something Bigger than Yourself – A Sermon on Job 31:35-37; 38:1-11
What do you do when you come to the end of your rope? Job voiced his complaints but he also continued to hope in God Continue reading Hope in a Time of Darkness: A Sermon on Job 19: 13-27
The story of the woman who wrote the song and a revised poem that speaks to our situation during the time of pandemic and demands for racial justice Continue reading Katharine Lee Bates: America, the Beautiful
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I am an artist and illustrator. And these “episodes” are quick sketches of and stories about people that I meet or have met over the years. I do the drawings first, keeping them simple and spontaneous but (hopefully) sophisticated. They are with perhaps one or two exceptions, line drawings done with a fine-line pen. I started doing these drawings in business meetings. That expanded to doing them in waiting rooms or while traveling, as a way to remember the people I met, worked with, or just observed from afar. Once I’d done a number of these sketches, I began to wonder about the people they depict. What might they be really like on the inside? What are their dreams? Their fears? Their secrets? Since I did not know the people I was drawing (or because I did not know them well), I felt ill-at-ease about asking personal questions. And so, I began to create stories about these people, based on what I imagine their life is like. That way, each drawing became a kind of psychological adventure; I never knew, when I sat down to write, what I was going to find. Like the drawings themselves, the stories are not to scale or photographic. If there is any prevailing theme, it is this: people keep their inner world well-hidden and probably for damn good reason. A secondary theme: making stuff up is much more fun than reality. And in a way, that is the real truth in all this. If you would like to learn more about me or my work please send a note. Our email: myron.gilbert@att.net
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"Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought." (Victor Hugo, Les Miserables)
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Writing Down The Bones
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