Jan 06, 2009 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to reap; A time to weep, and a time to ... [More]
Nov 25, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Birds do this. A joyful noise is made by the wind when it whistles through the leaves in the trees. During autumn days in Estes Park, Colorado, you can hear the eerie sound of elk calling for a mate. Joyful noises - chattering squirrels, ... [More]
Nov 11, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
Two Movies To set the stage, this week marks the seventieth anniversary of Kristallnacht.[1] This past weekend, I saw two movies about the Holocaust -- "The Boy In Striped Pajamas" and "God On Trial." The first is about two eight-year-old boys. One, Bruno, is the son of the commandant of a death ... [More]
Oct 24, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
This is a Pileated Woodpecker. You may not care or may consider it a waste of time to be introduced to this creature. But, I must. When I was a child, my grandmother gave me my first bird book - Roger Tory Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds. I loved this book and still have ... [More]
Oct 08, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
At the end of "Encountering God: Face-to-Face With Fear" (my last blog post) I promised to tell you about my two-year old daughter, a purple snowsuit, and my deepest, darkest fear. Allow me some family stories to set the stage. When I was first married, I found it hard to believe that God loved ... [More]
Sep 22, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
This is part 3 of a 3-part seriesread part 1 or part 2 In my life, I have known a few mean people. People who were angry and wounded and who wounded others. My natural reaction-stay clear, avoid contact, keep a safe distance. I want as little encounter with these people as is possible. I'm afraid ... [More]
Aug 15, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 1 Comments
This is part 2 of a three-part series.Read part 1. Read part 3. This morning I conducted an impromptu survey here on the second floor of the admin building at Denver Seminary. The question, "What are you afraid of?" yielded answers that, I believe, reflect a universal condition - we ... [More]
Aug 05, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
This is the first of a three-part series of posts. Frightened, insecure, facing unspoken and unknown challenges. Imagination going wild. Excitement, glitz and glam. Fish out of water. Can't do it on my own! This was the context of my faith conversion. This tension was an opportunity brimming ... [More]
Jul 31, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
July 19 was Artarama in Eagle River, Wisconsin. It is an annual one-day, invitation-only art fair of Northwoods creativity. Artarama brings out the best and the brightest. It is a whose-who of the art world in this part of the North. It's like going to a living museum where the artists are ... [More]
Jul 28, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 0 Comments
Reflections intrigue me I'm still in Wisconsin's Northwoods where, year after year, I try to take photographs of reflections. The water is a mirror. That which is reflected there -- sky, clouds, trees, birds, boat, dragonfly -- is fascinating and amazing to study. To some degree, whatever is ... [More]
Jul 20, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 1 Comments
"You aren't reading." My husband was right. I haven't been reading-bound-paper-and-ink-type reading. Haven't read my Bible, devotional works, non-fiction, novels, not even a newspaper. I'm on vacation in Wisconsin's North Woods. We come every year to this place: a little cottage in ... [More]
Jul 08, 2008 by Nancy Buschart | 1 Comments
When asked why she liked the name I've chosen for this blog, a wise friend said, "because I find that questions, and the ability to ask them, are important to our journey, especially as we develop into mature followers of Christ. If we are asking questions, then it is more likely that we are ... [More]
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