Posted by: jakinnan | August 9, 2012

Protecting Our Sanity

“A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.”

-Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

Picture Credit: Michael Melford

Posted by: jakinnan | August 9, 2012

08/09/2012 Scripture

So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.  But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

-John 6:53-56 NLT

Posted by: jakinnan | August 8, 2012

Natural Relief

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is a ll closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go. ”

-May Sarton, Journal of Solitude

Posted by: jakinnan | August 8, 2012

08/08/2012 Scripture

“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. Yes, I am the bread of life!  Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

-John 6:47-51 NLT

Posted by: jakinnan | August 7, 2012

The Natural Warhol

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”

― Andy Warhol

Picture Credit: Leland Howard

Posted by: jakinnan | August 7, 2012

08/07/2012 Scripture

But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said. For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. ”

-John 6:43-44 NLT

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Posted by: jakinnan | August 6, 2012

The Art of Patience

“And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth’s shore. These mountains, which have seen untold sunrises, long to thunder praise but stand reverent, silent so that man’s weak praise should be given God’s attention.”

Donald Miller, Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road

Posted by: jakinnan | August 6, 2012

08/06/2012 Scripture

For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”

-John 6:38-40 NLT

-Picture Credit: Pieter van Pelt

Posted by: jakinnan | August 5, 2012

Eyes to See

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

― William Blake

-Picture Credit: Alexander Nail

Posted by: jakinnan | August 5, 2012

08/05/2012 Scripture

Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me.However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

John 6:35-37 NLT

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