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photo by Ian Lynch I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who live in me and I in them will bear abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ~John 15:5 Looking out my window, I see a cat sitting and staring at my neighbor’s hedges. My first thought is...

Pileated Woodpecker, photo by Ian Lynch “Rabbi,” Philip said, “show us Abba God, and that will be enough for us.” ~John 14:8 The compiler of the Christmas Bird Count was not interested in our argument, but our logic was sound. We found an oval hole freshly dug into a...

It was before the Feast of Passover, and Jesus realized that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to Abba God. He had always loved his own in this world, but now he showed how perfect this love was. ~John 13:1 When you invite birds into your yard to feast...

Black-throated Green Warbler, photo by Ian Lynch When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.”~Acts 26:14 No story gets told the same way...

Volunteers monitoring birds at the Tribute in Light. Photo by Ben Norman Now if I am in the wrong and have committed something for which I deserve to die, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can turn me over to...

American Woodcock, photo by Ian Lynch In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” ~ Acts 20:35 Darth Vader did not say,...

Chestnut-sided Warbler, photo by Ian Lynch While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples.  He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They replied, “No,...

Crested Caracara, photo by Greg Lavaty on flickr Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new. ~ Acts 17:21 I have spilt plenty of ink attempting to entice anyone who would listen to take...