Opening

Cross 4 (2014, 3.10), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Sometimes opening your eyes may be

the most painful thing you ever have to do.

Unknown

Adventure

Shadow 6 (2014, 3.11), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. 

G. K. Chesterton

Courage

Stained Glass 4 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Life shrinks or expands 
in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin

Art

Kinton Ramen 6 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

          
      Art is not jut for art's sake. 

      Art can also foster social and political awarenss. 

          Olivia Chow, My Journey

Prayer

Cross 1 (2014, 1.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


O let me wear secretly ...
the sacred mark impressed by
Your own hand.

Ravindranath Tagore

Opposites

Stained Glass 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     You cannot know a thing
     unless you know its opposite.
     You cannot become sincere
     unless you have experienced
     hypocrisy and decided
     to fight against it.

        Abu Uthman Maghrebi

Understanding

Victoria University 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand
     that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. 

        Mark Twain

Light

North Bramalea United Church, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Death is not extinguishing the light,
     it is only putting out the lamp
     because dawn has come.

        Rabindranath Tagore

Metaphor

Tansley United Church 2 (2013, 10. 17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Metaphor is a way of thought 
     long before it is a way with words. 

        James Geary, 
        I is an Other: 
        The Secret Life of Metaphor and
        How It Shapes the Way We See the World

Peace

RIC_6246-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Paz, peace, paix,
mir, shalom, salaam:
we will plant olive trees
where before
there were thorns!

Federico Mayor

Seeing

Hands (2013, 6.23), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Blessed are they who see beautiful things 
in humble places where other people see nothing. 

Camille Pissarro

Conviction

Cross 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


There is no one more courageous
than the person who speaks with
the courage of his convictions.

Susan Cain, 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can's Stop Talking

Character

Crucifixion 2a, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has
     invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny
     assigned him.

        Jan Patočka

Peace

Cross, Freelton, Ontario 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, 
but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.

Thomas Merton

Limits

KRUC Cross 2 (2013, 3.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. 

Michael Jordan

On faith

RIC_2310, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Believing that your faith tradition alone contains God 
is like believing the rain falls only in your cup.

John Shore

Cry of my heart

RIC_1837-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     My Lord,
     You have heard the cry of my heart
     because it was
     You Who cried out within my heart.

        Thomas Merton, Dialogue with Silence

Action

East Plains United Church 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     All that is necessary for evil to triumph is
     for good men (and women) to do nothing.

         Edmund Burke

Faith

Iona Cross 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Faith is an indispensable component or dimension
     of every human life and has to do with the absolute source
     of meaning and values. 

        Juan Luis Segundo, Faith and Ideologies

Political Theology

DSC_8765, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Political Theology.
This does not mean reducing theology to politics;
it does mean making theology more conscious of
and intentional about its political function,
bringing out the political meaning and implications of every aspect of faith.

Harold Wells, A Future for Socialism?