Entries from January 2010

January 30, 2010

path in the snow

This is kingdomtravelin’s 1000th post. I write it on a snowy day in the ‘ville.
I call this pic ‘path in the snow’ and enjoy pondering its meaning. I always think of Isaiah’s reminder in chapter one that our sins be white as snow. This pic was taken up on the neighborhood nature trail which is [...]

January 26, 2010

the words of Jesus beg a question

I am reading the words of Jesus these days…
As part of my own process of abiding in Him, I am dwelling on the words of Jesus (thanks be to God for the red letter Bible, right?)
I ran across this the other day… check it out:
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine [...]

January 23, 2010

sadness or anger?

in speaking with a friend recently, I was allowed into the mind of a parent of a child astray…
it wasn’t that this person’s child was into, what most would term, immoral behavior, it was their expression of sadness at their child’s world-view which reflected a greater importance of material over relationship…
Sweet Anna and [...]

January 18, 2010

a pic of the 20th c.

I hope you can hang for the full 8 min 33 seconds, and if you do, you may not get it… your reaction may not be that of the audience (me included)… but I post this because SO MUCH of this depicts life over much of Europe last century in Krakow, Sarajevo, Kyiv, Kerch, [...]

January 17, 2010

Ukraine Election – to be continued

Since none of the 18 (no, that is not a typo – there were 18 candidate) candidates for prez won today, (according to exit polls) there will be a run off in February. The top two seem to be Viktor Yanukovych with something over 30% of the vote and Yulia Tymoshenko with something over 25% [...]

January 16, 2010

Ukraine Election

On Sunday the 17th of Jan Ukrainians will go to the polls (probably in underwhelming numbers – cuz they are sick of the corruption) to elect a new president.
Five years ago the Orange Revolution captured to imagination and fueled the hopes of something more that half of Ukraine and many of us who love [...]