“The Untouchables” by Cuban Artist, Erik Ravelo This series features photographs of children crucified for the sins of their oppressors; each for a different reason and a clear message, seeks to reaffirm the right of children to be protected and report abuse suffered by them. Ravelo uses the image of the crucified Christ—-one that isContinue reading “The Untouchables”
Category Archives: Love thy neighbor
This is Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKYJVV7HuZw If you’ve never seen this video created to underscore David Foster Wallace’s remarkable words to graduates, I highly recommend it. “This is Water” speaks to the reality we all share and how we may choose— or feel led— to move through it. Although he speaks from a secular point of view, he uses theContinue reading “This is Water”
Lovely Rheta
We lost someone dear last night. A woman whose faith came down through her family, through generations, and shone out through her with a twinkle that could not be mistaken for anything else. I loved Rheta Stoppel, and I will miss her dearly. We first became close almost twenty years ago, at one of those mission/visionContinue reading “Lovely Rheta”
Special Ops
Lately it seems that every time I turn around I’m somewhere I don’t fit in. I keep listening to the voice inside my head that I’ve come to know and love as God’s, and it keeps leading me to the strangest places. I’m studying things deeply that I never thought I’d have any interest in—andContinue reading “Special Ops”
Sweet Memories
A weekend of rain is all the winter it seems we’re going to get in Southern California this year. Still, the gray skies set my mind and spirit on homespun things. I signed up for a knitting class. I need something different—something more creative than technology can provide—to occupy my hands, mind, and nervous energyContinue reading “Sweet Memories”
Heather Choate Davis 