Emperor Penguins

Photographer David Schutlz of Utah had been photographing Emperor Penguins for several days. He noticed that the chicks were exceptionally curious about him and his equipment and that the parents seemed to be encouraging them to check it out. From this picture, it looks like they were watching him much closer than he imagined!

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Mansions of the Lord

In honor of all our Veterans...living and dead...Mansions of the Lord

To fallen soldiers let us sing,

Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing,

Our broken brothers let us bring

To the Mansions of the Lord.

No more bleeding, no more fight,

No prayers pleading through the night,

Just divine embrace, eternal light

In the Mansions of the Lord.

Where no mothers cry and no children weep,

We will stand and guard though the angels sleep,

Oh through the ages safely keep

The Mansions of the Lord.

Written by Randall Wallace and Nick Glennie-Smith

God Singing

God looks at us with love, kindness, and great compassion at all times. Zephaniah 3:17 tells us that God takes great delight in us, calms and quiets us with divine love, and rejoices over us with singing. I wonder what song God is singing over me right now? What song is God singing over you? Scripture says that it is a song of rejoicing and delight. I wonder what effect it would have on us if we could hear, just once, the words of God’s song for us.

- Leigh Harrison

UT Marching Band....

Having way too much fun at Halftime Halloween Night

Gotta love it!

Fort Hood

Our hearts go out to all those affected by the shootings at Fort Hood Texas last week. The victims, their families and friends, those stationed on the base, those who serve in our military and the community that surrounds them. And yes, we lift up our prayers for the shooter. Although we cannot begin to understand his motivation and what caused him to perform this senseless act, God knows.

We pray that the Father of all Mercies surround all those affected with his love, peace and grace.

Lauds

Monastics (Nuns and Monks) schedule their day around the "Liturgy of the Hours", certain times of the day that they meet together to pray, sing and praise...They are:
Matins (during the night)
Lauds (at Dawn)
Prime (6am, the first hour)
Terce (9am, the third hour)
Sext (Noon, the sixth hour)
None (3pm, the ninth hour)
Vespers (Evening, at "the lighting of the lamps")
Compline (night or just before bedtime)

Watch and listen to Lauds...see the pictures of the earth as it wakes...hear the bells as they call to prayer and then the singing!

Holy Spirit

Many of us understand (or feel we do) what the Holy Spirit IS...but when it comes time to explain or describe it for someone else we get stuck...Gavin has a unique way of looking at it...Kleenex and the Holy Spirit.

And Youth, once you watch, lets discuss!