Rebecca M. Blackwell

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 45 – Far

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? (Ps. 22) I saw this church in ruins when I visited Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, NM) in March of 2000, a very dark time in my life. The psalm and the picture stillContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 45 – Far”

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 43 – Help

OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Many of the vehicles, businesses, etc. that I saw in Ghana had religious wording on them. This one particularly tickled me… doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in the driver! But then again, the roads in Ghana might be dangerous, so perhaps prayer is appropriate.

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 42 – Light

May the heavenly light that shines on us, also shine in us and through us. <b>Stained Glass Window Life, a retrospective reflection, Like a rare, turn of the century stained glass window. In due course, portions stained and sordid, Lacking true meaning and purpose. Yet just as the stained glass window, Life comes alive withContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 42 – Light”

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 40 – Blessed

Blessed; broken; given. Today I joined in the formation of a new congregation, Light of Hope Presbyterian Church, which grew out of the lives of three predecessor congregations that chose to be blessed, broken and given in order to form one new ministry. So excited to see what God has in store for this wonderfulContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 40 – Blessed”

Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 38 – Alone

I Am! by John Clare I am! yet what I am none cares or knows, My friends forsake me like a memory lost; I am the self-consumer of my woes, They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shades in love and death’s oblivion lost; And yet I am! and live with shadows tost IntoContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline, Day 38 – Alone”