The Christmas decorations went back in their boxes until next season. But Gerome the Gnome gets to stay out until the end of winter. #theoboatology via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CKafq_hBEpO/
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Time for the Grind.
Time for the daily (weekly?) grind. (Pun intended). #DadJokes #theoboatology via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CKX0pjChxNR/
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Bernie Shows Up in My Sketchbook
Bernie’s getting around! I opened my sketchbook this evening and … Are you warm enough? Want a blanket?
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Inauguration Sketch
This year’s inauguration (once every 4 years) feel like a time to dissemble the Lego creation of the last four years and create something new. I’m wondering if we might need (would really be better off) with some additional pieces rather than just rearranging the same ones. Nevertheless, I feel a sense of hope. […]
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Why I Sketch as a Spiritual Exercise
When did sketching start to feel like a spiritual exercise? How did sketching start to feel like a prayer? I really can not say. My History of Sketching Most of us, myself included, remember drawing as a kid. I think most kids do. And as I grew up I gave it up, as most kids, […]
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
I mentioned in my Sunday post that I was working on sketching people. This sketched turned out so much better than what I was doing. So I decided to add it to the blog. I used a photo I found on Google. The photo also leads to a prayer given by Bread for the World […]
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On the 2nd Sunday After Epiphany
A long time ago … I used to subscribe to a mailing. Yes. It came in the mail. I looked forward to it, as it came from the late Walter Wink. It consisted of a bunch of little tid-bits of information. He once mentioned that he would sit in the bathtub with a newspaper or […]
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Why You Should Dock with a Spring Line
Boats are great and mysterious things. Even small boats are hard to move upon land. Once in the water, however, even a toddler can give the largest one a push that will move her. But how do we stop them when we want to dock? The spring line is the answer. A friend of mine […]
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Light a Candle, Say a Prayer
Today’s events in the capital of the United States are disturbing on multiple levels. As today is Epiphany, I find myself reflecting upon the greater text, the larger context, of the Epiphany passage in Matthew. It’s time to light a candle, to say a prayer, to join God, who is already at work in the […]
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Enjoy a Ritual for an Epiphany Boat Blessing
Today we celebrate Epiphany, the day the magi show up at the house in Bethlehem to adore the newborn King (see Matthew 2:1-12). I thought I’d give a Boat (or house blessing for those of you on land) that you can use with your family. I was first exposed to this at the Monastery of […]
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