#142

Manhattan stained rose by the setting sun...

#141

Clouds like wings gently delivering light to a damp morning...

'relying on the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace.' (2Tim. 1. 8-9)

#140

Faithful sun, faithful morning...

'set hopes on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment' (1Tim. 6.17)

#139

Slightly more northerly view than usual to capture another rainbow. The recent rain doesn't get rid of the humidity; the humidity just hangs until another shower or storm passes through. Is it me or is the recent weather unusual...?

'Fight the good fight of the fiath; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called...' (1Tim. 6.12)

#138

Day break submerged in fog and humidity...

'hold fast to what is good' (1Thess. 4.21)

#137

Color appearing faintly in a (yet another) damp, monochromatic morning...

#136

A morning heavy but beautifully pregnant with impending rain...

#135

' Rejoice always...' (1Thess. 5.16)d

#134

Taken earlier just as the storm was brewing. colors were far more dramatic in reality - the light was more subtle and the buildings were cast not in shadow but in an odd, sepia colored light; Manhattan looked almost like an unravaged Eastern European city... Started thundering soon after this photo was taken.

#133

A cool, damp morning...

'See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.' (1 Thess. 5.15)

#132

Currently awash in rainy fog...

More from Sunday's sermon: The problem with self-esteem isn't that we think too much of ourselves or that we think too little of ourselves - it is that we think of ourselves too much.

#131

Slightly different view to show the rainbow that appeared northeast yesterday afternoon during a sun shower...

#130

Storm brewing...


From today's sermon on Philippians 2.1-11: True glory doesn't come from grasping, protecting, guarding, performing; true glory is when you receive it from the one who gave up His glory - the glory He deserved - to give you yours (the glory you don't deserve).

#129

A barge gliding silently down river on a quiet Saturday morning...

'Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.' (Col. 3.14)

#128

A cool, damp morning...

'Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.' (Col. 2.18-19)

#127

Sun burning through the haze...

#126 Twilight

'For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgivenes of sins.' (Col. 1.9-14)

#125

Faithful morning...

'No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.' (1Cor. 10.13)

#124

Humid and monochromatic...

From Sunday's sermon on 1 Corinthians 9.23-27; 10.11-13: 'Set your heart upon the Lord, the delight of which [is what] enabled Him to endure.'

#123

Enshrouded in fog...

#122

Stormy night...

'And my god will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.' (Phil. 4.19)

#121

'It is easy to mistake commotion for motion...' (Steve McVey, 'Grace Walk' p172)

#120

Twilight...

#119

'Finally beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Phil. 4.8)

#118

Beautifully still morning after the briefest storm last night that nevertheless felled some tree branches and caused a power outage...

#117

The Atelier lit up as usual by the passing sun, not for anything it is doing, but because of where it is and what it is made of (glass)...

From sermon on Sunday on Hebrews 13.1-14 (on the theme of 'hospitality'): 'Our spirit was made for beauty that never ends (Rev. David Bisgrove)

#116

Fairytale animal clouds running helter-skelter with the rising sun;

'There was Kato, his dear hands folded on his chest, his fingers twitching almost imperceptibly in his sleep like a dog dreaming of Schubert' ('Bel Canto' Ann Patchett)

#115

The clouds look deceptively innocent; the haze gives it away...

'It takes a certain amount of effort to be miserable and another kind of effort to be happy, and I was willing to do the work of happiness.' (Ann Patchett 'Truth and Beauty')

#114

A hazy, lazy Sunday morning...

#113

Taken earlier this morning when there was still some visibility... The real thing was even more silver, even more ethereal and shimmering than this photo.

#112

Early morning clouds veiling Manhattan as if in a dream...

'make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.' (Philippians 2.2)

#111

Heavy clouds hovering over Manhattan, getting close enough but not quite touching the skyline; leaving a sliver of pale golden light at the horizon...

'I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branach cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.' (John 15.1-5)

#110

Dense fog and barges transport this view to some industrial city far from Manhattan...

#109

Haze and wispy clouds already at sunrise... summer starting...

'Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory...' (Eph. 3.20)

#108

The blush of dawn... There is a certain faithful rhythm to life, if only we notice it...

From the sermon on Galatians 5.26-6.5: 'being less than the very best is the place where you will find [God's] glory' in your life...