Pictures of Sunnyside

2009-08-09T22:13:00.000-07:00

"Sufficient Grace" by Chantelle Allen

2009-05-14T23:00:00.000-07:00

Psalm 122 (New International Version)

[modified]

1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,

"Let us go to the house of the LORD."
2 Our feet are standing

in your gates, O [Sunnyside].
3 [Sunnyside] is built like a city

that is closely compacted together.
4 That is where the tribes go up,

the tribes of the LORD,

to praise the name of the LORD

according to the statute given to Israel.
5 There the thrones for judgment stand,

the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of [Sunnyside]:

"May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls

and security within your citadels."
8 For the sake of my brothers and friends,

I will say, "Peace be within you."
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,

I will seek your prosperity.

2009-05-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

Psalm 81:11

I am the LORD your God,

who brought you up out of Egypt.

Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

2009-04-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

Philippians 3:10-11 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

2009-04-02T17:27:00.000-07:00

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

2009-03-25T08:47:00.000-07:00

Romans 5:6-8 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2009-03-05T16:54:00.000-08:00

Isaiah 56:7 … for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

2009-02-26T16:33:00.000-08:00

2 Timothy 4:7-8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

2009-02-12T21:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-05T22:06:00.000-08:00

As the leaves
Of the trees are born and perish,
Thus passes the ages of man;
Old leaves to earth are dashed
By autumn winds; others nurtured
By the flowering forest, proudly
Grow in Spring's living breadth;
And the generations of man are so:
One is born and another passes away.
Homer

2009-01-30T17:24:00.000-08:00

Fun in belonging!

2009-01-23T09:24:00.000-08:00

1 Tim 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

2009-01-16T16:34:00.000-08:00

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.
- G. K. Chesterton

Let Them Eat Cake, Saturday night, January 24 at 6:00 pm

2009-01-02T07:07:00.000-08:00

Isaiah 55:10-11
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish,

so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:

It will not return to me empty,

but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

2008-12-19T17:51:00.000-08:00

The joy of "together"...

2008-12-12T10:24:00.000-08:00

Luke 2:14

"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."

Let peace fit...let peace ring...

2008-12-04T18:14:00.000-08:00

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.

2008-11-25T11:42:00.000-08:00

Thanks-giving
Gratitude
Grace - a way of living...

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. (William Shakespeare)

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. (G.K. Chesterton)

2008-11-21T10:59:00.000-08:00

25 Years Later

Psalm 103
1 Praise the LORD, my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

2008-11-14T15:50:00.000-08:00

Refiner's Fire...

2008-11-05T16:18:00.000-08:00

Psalm 150
1 Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, ...

2008-10-30T20:35:00.000-07:00

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

John Muir

But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees.

C S Lewis

2008-10-24T16:41:00.000-07:00

Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."

2008-10-17T08:58:00.000-07:00

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Gal 6:14

2008-10-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son...

2008-10-03T08:28:00.000-07:00

Eternity

Take eat, he says
placing this day’s salami sliver
tang upon my tongue

Next to Godliness

Pilate had clean hands
Judas had clean feet
with purity of heart
the unwashed takes my part

(T A Smailes)

2008-09-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

"We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God." -- John Stott

2008-09-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

Colors of mission reflected in the instruments of sound