YHWH’s blessing comes not as a single product, well-worn branding splashed across familiar package.
Rather, it sneaks into life variegated, diverse, subtle, nuanced, its hues settling in across the broadest range.
Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness. (Isaiah 60:17 ESV)
The prophet reaches for a poet’s pallet to explain to a weary people why return to all that once was and has been snatched away beyond repair will be more glorious than a captive nation can just now imagine. The cadence of his Hebraic persuasion does indeed speak of shining extremity, for example in the ‘wealth of nations’ that will flow to resplendent Zion, in the transmutation of empty abandon into urban majesty. Continue Reading »
I held this little puppy in my hand after about five pencil sharpenings, and I says to myself, ‘Self, this is simple, effective, strong, and European-modern. I bet it speaks German.’
In the final moments before an overseas move, my wife announced that our Queen mattress and boxspring required a mattress bag.
We bought these brightly-colored luggage tags when we were moving some of our personal effects from the USA to Colombia, leveraging the availability of cheap, used suitcases to get the job done down and dirty.
Don’t overthink this. Good pencils, cheap.
Canter Bridge 