by Prasanta | Jun 11, 2012 | Beauty, One Thousand Gifts, Photogrpahy, Teaching Children, Thankfulness
I handled the camera with a bit of fear at first. I didn’t even know how to take off the lens cap. After all, I use a small point and shoot, not a DSLR. I was afraid I’d push the wrong button and mess something up. Despite not owning a DSLR beauty, I still...
by Prasanta | Apr 11, 2012 | Beauty, Becoming Whole, Community, Compassion, Failure, God's love, grace, Healing, Jesus, Journey
The day blooms red. The tulips, bursting red on Sunday, remind me of blood that dripped that day…. And of the drippings of my own heart. Piercings by this world. By enemies. The deepest ones, by friends. Piercings he also knew, as a man. I need a salve, and I...
by Prasanta | Apr 4, 2012 | Beauty, Change, Jesus, Love, Thankfulness, the cross, Transformation
“What Will a Life Magnify?” As he walked to calvary, as people spat and spurned, did Jesus continue to give thanks to God the father? When he was so greatly burdened, bowed down with the heavy load, bruised, agonizing, and all he could see were the dusty...
by Prasanta | Feb 24, 2012 | Beauty, Becoming Whole, Five Minute Friday, Purpose
He comes in with tools of various kinds. The tools don’t look like the usual types, but they do a similar sort of work as a carpenter or sculptor. Work begins on the project. Parts are cut off, sections are chiseled. Gradually, a form begins to take shape. If...
by Prasanta | Nov 8, 2011 | Beauty, Photos
I’m crazy about these fall photographs that we took at the apple farm recently… and am linking these with Sweet Shot Tuesday at My 3boybarians. Enjoy these pictures of fall… autumn is fading fast here in the midwest.
by Prasanta | Oct 5, 2011 | 31 Days of Healthier Living, Beauty, Change
I love trees and I love autumn. image source The autumn tree is a glorious vision, with its rich colors and striking beauty. Indeed, don’t we travel for miles to enjoy the spectacular view of an autumn landscape? After a season of rich green, the autumn tree...
by Prasanta | Sep 14, 2011 | Beauty, Love, Walk With Him Wednesdays
He smiles through wrinkles, his pain hiding behind the smile. He says she’s in a nursing home now. And a tear slides down his cheek. He brushes the tear away. She doesn’t see. He pushes the wheelchair. They move slowly up the ramp he had built for her,...
by Prasanta | Aug 12, 2011 | Beauty, Five Minute Friday
“It [beauty] is to the spirit what food is to the flesh. It fills an emptiness in you that nothing else under the sun can.” Frederick Buechner *** Beauty is important. I love beautiful things; works of art, flowers, sunsets, aptly spoken words, an eagle in...
by Prasanta | Aug 8, 2011 | Art, Beauty, One Thousand Gifts
Summer is flying by, August is whisking me awake to the coming reality of fall. Summer really is coming to an end, and all too soon. Decisions are piling up: what time will music lessons be, which classes should we take, should I join the co-op that is over 20 miles...
by Prasanta | Jul 29, 2011 | Beauty, peace, Stillness
Today’s Five Minute Prompt: STILL GO I remember trying to catch the butterfly with my lens. The monarch stopped on the purple cone flower for a long rest… but by the time I had my camera out and ready, and quietly tip-toeing to catch a photo– she had...
