Mysteries
Northern Minnesota can be beautiful, and it can be brutal. Spring and fall up north are refreshing but short. Winter is cold, snowy, and...
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Readings from the Book of Creation
steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Rest or Escape?
If you have ever been fishing, it does not take too much of an imagination to put yourself in this picture. The sun is quietly setting,...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Real or Poser?
In retirement I restarted an old hobby of nature photography and I especially enjoy photographing birds. There are so many colors, sizes,...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
What's the Use?
Hurricane Idalia came through our area at the end of August and made for a wet and gloomy day. Even this bird seems like it has had...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
What Do You See?
When you first looked at this target, what did you see? Did you first notice all the shots in the bullseye? Or was your eye drawn to...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
This Is Not How I Planned It
How would you describe this bird? Beautiful? Brave? Fearless? Intimidating? Powerful, Focused? Majestic? A mighty hunter? Yes, all these...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
The Little Flower
St. Therese of Lisieux is known as the “little flower.” My favorite line from her autobiography is, “He willed to create great souls...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
The Future
Every fall we start to think about the upcoming winter. In Minnesota you know it is coming and you just wonder how bad it will be. In the...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
The December Daisy
Last December was our first taste of winter in North Carolina after having moved from Minnesota to Florida and now halfway back north. We...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
The Birds of the Air
When most people think of a cardinal, they usually imagine the bright red color of the male cardinal. The male clearly stands out in most...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Pausing for Spiritual Direction from Ruby
Hummingbirds flit from flower to flower, seeming to be always in motion. They will pause and perch in one place for a while but will...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Praisies
On a hillside facing east early one morning I saw this daisy in a large group of similar flowers. What caught my eye was that it looked...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Patience
In James 5:7 we read, “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Metamorphosis
The Florida Museum at the University of Florida says, “Butterflies and moths undergo a complete metamorphosis, which means there are four...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Maybe This Time Will Be Different
One sunny day on my daily run I stopped in my tracks when I saw this patch of grass. There had to be a story developing here. What are...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Life is the Vestibule of Eternity
At the Basilica of Belmont Abbey, the vestibule is a small, dimly lit entryway. Along the outside walls are tables containing literature...
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steelejay49
Jan 71 min read
Let the Son Shine In
Many of us are not morning people. My wife has a mug that says, “If the good Lord had wanted most of us to see the sunrise…He would have...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Hide Me, Lord
Taking pictures of birds in their natural habitat is not an easy job. When they see you a long way off, they take to the air and are out...
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Good Luck!
This is one of my favorite hummingbird pictures. Why? It is not because the precise details of the bird or flower bud are in sharp focus....
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steelejay49
Jan 72 min read
Go to the Ant
This fall on an early morning walk, something caught my eye in my peripheral vision. What I first thought it might be was not what it was...
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