[Oe List ...] Salmon: On "The Truth"

[David & Lin Zahrt]

Herman, I'm delighted to hear you appreciate it. It 'came over' me as  
I was working with the prairie.

On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Herman Greene wrote:

> I like this David
>
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> On Behalf Of David & Lin Zahrt
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:08 PM
> To: Order Ecumenical Community; Dialogue ICA
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon: On "The Truth"
>
> LITURGICAL DRAMA -- the Season is the Reason
> Do the Seasons follow the Liturgical Year? Or was the Liturgical  
> Year invented to reflect the Seasons?
> In the time of the darkest hour, the Winter Solstice, a ray of hope  
> is born. It is so nicely symbolized with a Virgin Birth. In the  
> darkest hour, as if by miracle, Hope was born. With the arrival of  
> Hope came new Light. The days lengthened.
> With the crucifixion Hope was slain. Still there was a Resurrection  
> of Hope; the Equinox, when day and night were equal length, and  
> daylight continued on its way to overtaking darkness.
> How many times have you experienced yourself surrounded by the  
> depth of darkness—a darkness that seems to have no end? How  
> relieving it is to know that light will not be overcome. It is  
> relentless in overcoming the dark.
> How many times have you experienced the death of everything  
> positive and sustaining in life? What an enormous joy to realize  
> that Death prefigures Resurrection—that which is past gives way to  
> a brand new, unknown, and anxiety-filled future.
> PS. The Pasque Flower, a native prairie crocus, is named after  
> Easter (pasque in French refers to Easter). It turns out that the  
> Pasque Flower waits for Mother Earth to create the Equinox so it  
> has permission to appear. It comes as sheer flower--new life  
> emerging, surrounded by death. There is no leaf until after the  
> bloom has disintegrated. Once the leaves have collected enough  
> sunshine to develop mature seed the plant recedes into the prairie.
> However, it’s comical to confine this phenomena to Easter. There  
> have been several times in the past 4-9 years that we have had very  
> cool and rainy Augusts, followed by a cool, cloudy, September.  
> Guess what the Pasque Flower did? Since it perceived a cool, moist  
> climate leading up to the Equinox (in this case the Autumnal  
> Equinox) it once again came into bloom. And it was only supposed to  
> be an Easter flower! It turns out that the Pasque flower responded  
> to the Seasons rather than the Liturgical Year!
> David
>
> PS. If Jesus had been born in Australia Christmas would have been  
> designed to happen in June!
>
> David & Lin Zahrt
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David & Lin Zahrt
Country Homestead B&B
22133 Larpenteur Rd.
Turin, IA 51040
-- Doorway to the Loess Hills -
<http://country-homestead.com>
Where a change of pace is as good as a vacation, and a sense of place  
is soothing to the soul.
<chbnb at netins.net>
Skype <loesshills>




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