This red-shouldered hawk let me get surprisingly close.

This red-shouldered hawk let me get surprisingly close.

Two Carolina wrens live somewhere along the fence line in my backyard. I see them daily, and this brings me great joy.

This is a nice way of putting it: Interpreters often need help, like the Ethiopian eunuch who answered Philip’s question, “Do you understand what you are reading?” by saying, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” Tradition at its best is our Philip – the Spirit’s provision of community to aid us in our reading (Kevin Vanhoozer).
Leaves in a parking lot

Thanks to Alan Jacobs for this wisdom about sifting the words and testing the spirits.
another bluebird

I love this poem.
Eastern bluebirds in flight

Bald Eagle seen on a walk yesterday evening
