Taking Pictures

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

“Jesus loves me, this I know.” And I know Jesus loves Mohammed, too.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You live in this world, as well as in every other world.
You live in nature.
You live in humans.
Jesus knew this.
His followers saw this in Him.
They saw it in themselves.
Too many people can’t believe it.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“First they hear my sermon, then we hand out the food.”

[It had to start somewhere, but not with Him.]

D. Blog: Poetry

Taking Pictures

“The camera doesn’t lie,” she said.
But it does, I thought
“Take a look at this mug shot,” joked her friend, who
said what all of us thought who were there for new id badges.
“Lifeless,” I thought even as I saw the sharp color
and enlarged computer screen previews.

I think the same even after the animators
or film makers create moving pictures.
The best I judge as “true to life,” but,
still, lifeless.

The picture – color or moving or worth a thousand words –
remains a flat representation of life.
As such, the best it accomplishes is to remind me
of the depth and substance and spirit found
in the third dimension.