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I was reminded of a great truth tonight… that Jesus was not only compassionate, kind, God, forgiving, etc… Jesus was indeed the smartest man who ever lived… read this text carefully … so while I am not so smart, I do need to be as equipped as i can be to serve Him.

i have been thinking about postmodernism a lot lately… as you may have noted, i’ve even got a bunch of quotes on postmodernism in another blog…

tonight at the apologetics conference, while there has been almost no explicit discussion on postmodernism, there was good teaching on some of the ideas necessary for interacting with postmodern thinkers…

dialogue & living what we believe… these are essential…

This morning I spent some time at the National Gallery of Art, we are fortunate to have such a museum… I get to visit numerous world class museums each year and I love this one best…

today i lingered for a long time over this work of art thinking about the parade it depicts…

these images are from my palm and are not too clear but this next shot of the upper right section shows a parade of people coming to the stable from a larger city…

I like to think the larger city is Jerusalem and they are coming down to Bethlehem…

the artist depicting the people following the three kings on the left side of the painting…

the guy in the red is lifting his hands and looking heavenward… I wonder if he has suddenly realized that God has sent the redeemer?

here is the family… the kings paying homage to the young King of kings…

one day we will bow before the King of kings!

so… last night’s sessions were about science and the brain… (yes Mark, you were right about the track I chose)… it is so cool to hear a scientist/philosopher talk about the way the universe has marks in it that point to God and how even our brain has “built in” stuff that God gave us to point us to himself… then, too cool, this morning as I clicked onto one of my morning readings – look what I found… click here for Bagster’s Daily Reading
…how great to be able to follow God, as Jesus said, “with heart, soul and mind!”

This is a question I am contemplating today… I am travelin not in my own strength but as part of a great and historic parade… see Paul’s thoughts on this idea…

…we are part of a great historic parade on a great brightly lit boulevard, and those with whom we come in contact are either standing on the sidewalk watching or they, in some manner, are marching with us walking along on the sidewalk trying to learn more… there is an aroma being put forth by some in the parade that is like the wonderful smell of baking bread… this aroma draws some to join the parade…

but there are some of us who don’t have such a nice aroma… people turn their head, they leave the parade behind and walk down a dark side street away from the light into sadness and sorrow…

On the journey recently, I have been pouring these texts into the fuel tank every day… I post them here to give myself even greater access to them:

The Shema
The Decalogue
The value of signposts
Our Fortress
I know my true state
He is my strength
He is my salvation
He cares for my future
I can count on Him
The Greatest Commandments
I can be blessed and I can be used to bless
The smell of Bread
Prepared to think
Knowing His greatness
Knowing Him means knowing the difference
The destination