Live always at the edge of poetic possibilty, even in the face of severe prose. - Walter Bruggemann
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Blueberrilicious
The blueberry season is nearly finished in New Hampshire but we managed to pick over 5 pounds of absolutely delicious blueberries. The only thing better than fresh blueberries is a freshly baked blueberry pie. Stars are courtesy of my daughter Tina.
Five pounds?! Wow, I've never seen more than one pint of blueberries in any one place. Do you have pics of the picking? Are your fingers blue? Talented Tina sounds like a star daughter. Shabbat shalom with blueberry pie.
Yeah, 5 pounds. That's ALOT of blueberries. No photos of the picking, thought I'd have the experience in front of the camera. No blue fingers to note but the blueberries went very quickly into the basket or my tummy. And Tina, she's the brightest star of all.
Journal. Diary. Copious Notes. Musings. Thought. Reflection. Observation. Welcome to A Thin Place. All of this, maybe more, is a record of my year in Jerusalem - the thinest place on earth.
A "thin place", in Celtic tradition, is someplace, anyplace, where the spiritual world and the mortal world come so close to one another that you almost see, definitely feel, and maybe even can touch the presence of God. I suspect that my life in Israel will contain moments of clarity just like this. The opaque will become translucent, the hazy clear, and God's presence a reality.
After serving congregations in Fairfield, Bridgeport, and Wilton, CT I am the Senior Redevelopment Pastor at Orange Congregational Church in Orange, CT. Prior to that I lived in Jerusalem (the real one) and I have three GORGEOUS children, the loves of my life.
3 comments:
Five pounds?! Wow, I've never seen more than one pint of blueberries in any one place. Do you have pics of the picking? Are your fingers blue?
Talented Tina sounds like a star daughter.
Shabbat shalom with blueberry pie.
Yeah, 5 pounds. That's ALOT of blueberries. No photos of the picking, thought I'd have the experience in front of the camera. No blue fingers to note but the blueberries went very quickly into the basket or my tummy. And Tina, she's the brightest star of all.
looks tasty, but at 5 pounds, I need to think over it.
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