13 November 2011

Ominousness

Okay, I don't know if that's even a word or not, but if it isn't, it should be.

Anywho, It's really ominous outside right now.

My dog was running back and forth across the front yard, going crazy.

So, I opened the front door to see why he was acting so strange.

Nothing.

Then I looked up and saw this:


My camera is broken, so I grabbed my phone and ran outside in my bare

feet.

Wind ran its fingers through my hair, and blew through my clothing,

chilling me to the bone. My neighbor was shouting to someone else.

My dog was going crazy.

Leaves skittered past.

Clouds raced across the sky.

An eerie Celtic song wafted from my computer and through the screen door,

giving me chills.

It was one of those moments when it feels like anything could happen.

Like when the main character at the beginning of an

action/adventure/fantasy novel finds the thing that starts the story.

An ancient key or map, secret room, or portal. You never know what'll

happen.

The last time I saw clouds move that fast, there was almost a tornado in

my neighborhood(but that's a different story for another time).

Thankfully, these clouds weren't spinning or appearing to tumble over

each other. No, they were just tinged with pinkish orange.

These are the other pictures I took:






31 October 2011

Happy Reformation Day!

Today is October Thirty-first.

When many peope think of this date, they think of this:


among other things.

Not everyone thinks of this:



What is it, you might ask? (Well, other than a door?)
That is the door Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to
494 years ago today, in 1517.

These 95 Theses were written by Martin Luther, to express his unhappiness with some of the practices and beliefs of the Catholic Church (mainly the selling of indulgences) to the Clergy.
This was incredibly risky.

Luther deliberately and publicly spoke out against the Catholic Church.

Remember, they held all the power back then. Everyone was Catholic. If you spoke out against Catholicism, you were excommunicated. Octracized. Sent away.

When Luther refused to renounce his writings, he was made an outlaw, and his writings were banned.

When this man risked everything, he inadvertently started a reformation of the church (Hence the name, Reformation Day).

We now have protestants because of ths.

If you want to learn more, there's a great movie, Luther, about it that does very well at portraying these events.



You never know how your actions and words anre going to influence people if you just listen to God, and let him work in your life. Trust me. You'll be amazed. ;)

Happy Reformation Day, everyone!

20 October 2011

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