A sermon preached at United Reformed Church of Clifton, March 8, 2020 In our scripture lesson Jesus tells us that … Continue reading You Are the Salt of the Earth: A Sermon on Matthew 5:13-16
Every Labor Day weekend Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, sponsors an air show. Vintage aircraft that span the last … Continue reading A Father’s Story: A Flying Lesson
“We give up something for Lentto make room for Godto do something new in our lives” Many of us are … Continue reading Billy Martin’s Story: Giving Up Something for Lent
A friend once told me “Your strength is your weakness and your weakness is your strength.” When we depend on … Continue reading Your Strength Is Your Weakness and Your Weakness Is Your Strength–Pam’s Story
On my first backpacking trip my father, told me a story and a prayer that has stayed with me all my life. Continue reading “You pick ’em up, Lord, and I’ll put ’em down.” My first backpacking trip
You can’t be a blogger without desiring that people will read and approve of your posts. I live for likes, … Continue reading Blogging (and Living) with Humility
“Some Children See Him,” is one of my favorite Christmas carols. Its gentle melody and simple words invite us to … Continue reading Some Children See Him: A Christmas Carol
I love to laugh. I read the comic page every morning to start my day. I like to tell corny … Continue reading A Laughing Party
The eternal God is your refuge,and underneath are the everlasting arms. —Deuteronomy 33:27 When I go to the circus, I … Continue reading Flying through Life on a Trapeze
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by Pastor Mike Weber
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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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Searchings: Sacred and Secular
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Writing Down The Bones
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The Middle Ages in the Modern World
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