12 April • Resurrection

John 20:1

Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came
to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away.

11 April • Stones

Stones would play inside her head
And where she slept
They made her bed

A good day's coming...
And being lost
Is worth the coming home

©Neil Diamond

Easter's almost here!

Stones photograph by Scott Webb via Unsplash; photoshopped some by my suntreeriver design identity.

10 April • Crown

"Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only
but also to all who have loved his appearing." 2 Timothy 4:8

05 April • Road

Today features a roadrunner from the southwestern USA superimposed on an Icelandic Road. Iceland photo is from "29 Icelandic Roads" courtesy of Made by Vadim / The Hip Shop on Creative Market.

03 April • Worship

Perspective from baptismal font to chancel and communion table at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

02 April • Healing

Tears, sweat, or ocean, salt water heals.

29 March • Anoint

In the Hebrew bible, we find prophets, priests, and kings anointed into lives of service. All four gospels tell about a woman anointing Jesus a few days before he died; I especially love that according to St. John, that woman was Mary of Bethany, one of the sisters of Lazarus Jesus raised from death.

• Matthew 26:6-13
• Mark 14:3-9
• Luke 7:36-50
• John 12:1-8

I've illustrated the unforgettable words from Psalm 23 where God anoints each of us into lives of abundant service – into a royal, prophetic, priesthood, as we follow Jesus – while the entire psalm celebrates God's supply, provision, and care.

28 March • Proclamation

PROCLAIM!!! proclaim...

27 March • Escape

Escape? Where else?

26 March • Belt

Cotton Belt, Rust Belt, Bible Belt, Corn Belt, Green Belt... Song Belt?

Basic Corn Belt graphic from Wikimedia Commons

24 March • New

"Make you a new heart and a new spirit." Ezekiel 18:31

23 March • Mission

In 1769, Father Junipero Serra established San Diego de Alcalá, the first of many Franciscan missions in the Californias.

{minorly Photoshopped} Wikimedia Commons photo

21 March • Betrayal

By the San Diego River.

20 March • Building

19 March • Sparrow

Giving #LentenSnapshots2020 host April Fiet's website another shoutout. You can find her on Facebook, on twitter, too; April very recently started a monthly newsletter.

18 March • Pour

Glancing backwards through the pouring rain, hoping into a long-gone yesterday? Songwriter Jackson Browne reminds us, "You can dream, but you can never go back the way you came." Remember—mirrors reverse reality!

Photo by Devon Janse van Rensburg via Unsplash

17 March • Small

Large? Small? It's all relative.