Saturday, April 07, 2007

  • Day of Cleaning, Day of Restless, Penguin/Fish Photos

    A day of stuff
    Nothing like a warm spring Saturday to relax and enjoy the day.  Too bad that this isn't a warm spring Saturday for relaxing and enjoying!  It's cold and it's cleaning day, but there's nothing interesting in blogging about that... The photos are from the Newport Aquarium trip, as I posted of yesterday.  The first shot of the lion fish is one of my favorites of the day, as it seemed to be posing for me.  The lighting was perfect.  The penguins may not have been the easiest to capture on film sensor, but their playful swimming made for several wonderful shots.  Now I must get back to some video editing for church tomorrow, so I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend!  Do you think that showing clips of Passion in Easter services is overdone or too much?

    The Most Restless Day
    "But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment." (Luke 23:56) How do you make it through the most difficult day in history?  Adam and Eve were thrown out of Eden, but they still knew God.  The flood wiped out all but Noah's family, but they still knew God.  What do you do when your whole understanding of God and His work dies before your very eyes.  Not only that, but you watch as He is buried.  What about the day after? "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy" (Exodus 20:8).  They did.  They knew they were called to honor God in all things and at all times.  So they did, though their hearts must have been so very heavy.  Their minds must have been so confused.  Their faith so tormented.  We not only know what Jesus said of the next day, we know of what all followed.  We don't have to know that feeling of lost.  We don't have to know that day of confusion and fear.  We have all been given the opportunity to know the grace and mercy of not only the cross, but of the resurrection too.

Comments (17)

  • doctor_lamus
    I think that very carefully chosen clips would be okay, but there is the potential for it to be overdone or too much.

    Wow. Hadn't really thought about the day after.
  • This_Is_Important
    I think clips of the Passion would be better suited for a Good Friday worship, because isn't Sunday all about resurrection? I guess if you don't have a Good Friday service [which our church doesn't] then incorporating the whole 3-day event into the service, especially for those holiday church-goers isn't such a bad idea. People need to understand how filthy ugly our hearts are and just how much pain and torment Jesus had to go through in order to atone for it. The oddness I find in the whole thing? That God was pleased to pour out his wrath on Jesus. Just blows me away.
  • Annalyn04
    I agree with Doctor Lamus on this one.

    LOVE the shots-especially the penguins!!
  • babygirlbanister
    It's also cold here. And some serious cleaning is in order, once last night's meds get out of my system and I can think again.
  • babygirlbanister
    The pic of the penguins is awesome.

    I agree with this_is_important on the Passion question.
  • broncomom
    I should be upstairs cleaning house for tomorrow, it's cold and overcast here too. As for the Passion, that should be only for Friday, Sunday is about JOY!

    Luv the Penguins, so sleek, like torpedos
  • marycarimom
    that they didn't completely despair and abandon their faith is amazing
    and a testimony that it is God who keeps us - there is no way they had that in themselves

    I would wonder about the impact on young children or even any very sensitive person as far as showing clips of that movie
    maybe it would work best if it were part of Good Friday or Maundy Thursday service that has stations to go around to and people could opt out of the very graphic video if they wanted?
  • terrific58
    I love your pictures and I can't believe how well/sharp they turned out. I am envious. Now to get ready for church in a couple of hours. I will celebrate the resurrection and my Savior. May your Easter be a blessed day.
  • CHorsey
    Great pix (again)! Re: your comment, the zoo has a coral reef - small by comparison to the aquarium, but I love it. They also have several manatees, which are pretty neat, too. You definitely should come up and see it sometime - it's worth the drive.

    Re: the question ... Hmmm ... I actually haven't seen it myself. I guess it goes back to something my dad said about it, "I read the book, and it was far better." As for my church, we don't have anything "fancy" that we could even do something like that with, so there won't be any clips for us. Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday!
  • destination_34s

    Once again your aquarium photos are fantastic... If you want a challenge try photographing leafy sea dragons!

    ryc: First of all, my home country is Canada (White Rock, BC) not Australia which is my current country of residence. My real travels began about 4 years ago when I took Amtrak from Seattle to Boston, then from Boston to Raleigh, NC to visit a couple of friends. When I completed all of my university education I spent 2 months travelling through Spain, France and Italy (5 weeks of that 2 months was spent in Italy). When I returned home I realised that I wanted to do some more travelling so I thought I would teach in the UK to fund those travels (I ended up in England for a short stint then spent 6 months in Scotland). My previous travels do not ever make an appearance because prior to living in England and Scotland all of my photos were taken on film and they are still waiting to join me in Australia.
  • popper22
    This movie didn't have spectacular music, but it definatly didn't need it. It was sooooo good. I didn't really notice any theme or anything from it- but there were lots of recurring symbols and stuff in it. Good stuf, good stuff.
  • babygirlbanister
    No worries... take all the time you need and enjoy your weekend!
  • casey_at_bat

    I like the rockfish, so clear a pic.  I haven't seen the passion and guess I don't see a real need to.  Maybe I am missing something but there was so much hype I tend to resist things when there is that much surrounding them.  Have a great rest of the weekend. 

    tim
  • casey_at_bat
    correct that "lion fish" not rock fish.  I know nothing about sea creatures. 
  • casey_at_bat
    OK, call me slow.  I just read the last paragraph.  You are right that must have been the most horrible day they had ever known.  How could you worship when your king was dead? 
  • ggily

    I love to watch lion fish swim.  They look so graceful and kind of swirly.   Great shot of the swimming penquins!    Most people get them standing up.   I've never been in a service where they have clips of the Passion.   One commenter thought it would be good to have clips of the Passion on Friday and I think so too I guess.  

    Thanks for coming by.   I just kept taking pics of the bluebird and a few turned out.  They come to that suet bar constantly.   They're about the size of a Robin.   Have a wonderful Easter with you family.
  • fwren
    LOVE that penguin photo ~  !!

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