"Plastics!"

Rob Graham@spidey004.bsky.social · 4d ago

“Come on, gang! Let’s go find that ark and raid it!”

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 7:2 (Read it!) Steer clear of parties thrown by cackling fools. Their mirth is all mockery. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 7:2 (Read it!) Go to funerals For respect and for wisdom Yours is coming, too. #FridayHaiku 🕯️

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 6:9 (Read it!) Look at your blessings; See God's rich bounty! Don't let your "wants" steal your joy. #FridayHaiku ⚓

The 18 year-old would be very surprised. But the 20 year-old me made the decisions that took me where I am today.

Beaux 🕋@obsidian.blacksky.app · 3w ago

Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?

Double Haiku 25 years later Panicked teacher told me with tears at school drop-off. "Towers down. Two planes." Glued to the TV all September eleven. Should have prayed instead. #FridayHaiku 🕯️

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 (Read it!) 🕯️ In the Holy place Guard your steps. Be quiet. Keep your word. Honour God. #FridayHaiku

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 4:13 (Read it!) A Tanka Better be ruled by a poor and wise child, than by a foolish king who fires all his advisors. (Let the reader understand.) #FridayHaiku #FridayTanka

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (Read it!) On a chilly night or in a street fight, better have a friend with you. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 4:1 (Read it!) Power's on the side of the oppressors. That's the hist'ry of the world. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Matthew 17:1-8 (Read it!) A Tanka on the Feast of the Transfiguration (yesterday) Jesus' face shines like the sun. Disciples old and new behold His glory. A Voice! "That's My Son. I love Him. Listen to Him." #FridayHaiku #FridayTanka 🕯️

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 9:7 on Lammas Day (tomorrow, August 1) Almost Lammas day, the first Summer wheat harvest. Eat your bread with joy. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 3:12 (Read it!) So, be generous. Do good as long as you live. Share what God supplies. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Word!

Amy Mantravadi@amymantravadi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If I were to summarize one of the chief problems humanity has at the moment, it is that… We do not seek to gain character, but merely to gain attention.

It is so, so lazy. I'm never more tempted to say, "Fake news!", than when the MSM comments on religion.

W. David O. Taylor@wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I don't know why magazines publish this stuff except that they're lazy or desperate for high-brow click-bait. "Christianity as we know it...owes more to Paul than to anyone else, perhaps even more than to the narrowly parochial and Jerusalem-centered Jesus." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 4:1 (Read it!) Power's on the side of the oppressors. That's the hist'ry of the world. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 3:19-21, with Matthew 10:31 (Read it!) A Tanka The Preacher fears that man and beast are worth alike. Dust to dust. Worthless. A nobler Voice responds: "You're worth more than many sparrows." #FridayHaiku #FridayTanka ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 3:16-17 (Read it!) Under the sun you'll find wickedness in place of justice. Be patient. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 (Read it!) Do good. Be happy. Enjoy your food and your work. Your life is God's gift. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 3:11 (Read it!) Eternity and beauty are built into us. But not sovereignty. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Part of the liturgy landed very differently this morning, in a way I had not anticipated. My mom passed away this week, and when we recited the Ten Commandments, and came to the fifth, "Honour thy father and thy mother", it dawned on me that I don't have either of them anymore. ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (Read it!) The Byrds said it best. "To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season." #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 2:18-23 (Read it!) A Tanka As despair joins the chat, we find our life's work is naught - like chasing wind! Is there hope for better things? Indeed there is! Just read on. #FridayHaiku #FridayTanka ⚓

I'll take that. Aslan is on the move. ⚓

Gina, call the piano tuner. @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social

Red for Pentecost #baptistvestments 🕯️

I am not surprised at this I've admired Charles Simeon for decades. ⚓ I'm closest to Charles Simeon (Evangelical). My wider constellation: John Keble, William Laud, Thomas Cranmer, Michael Ramsey. — "Which Anglican Theologian Are You?"

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 (Read it!) Fools walk in darkness, but are the wise much better off? Not in the end. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 (Read it!) Pleasure is a test. Wine, cash, entertainments, are hollow vanities. #FridayHaiku ⚓

Haikuing Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 (read it!) Under the sun, the pursuit of wisdom is vain, like chasing the wind. #FridayHaiku ⚓