Welcome To Looking For The Long Ride: Recent Comments

Comment on We Made It Through The Ice Storm of the Century

Carey — 2009-12-27T22:06:16Z

yer still alive n kickin an thas good, praise God amighty.

Comment on Observations On A Cold Thanksgiving Day

ded — 2009-12-02T22:15:51Z

Nice reflection. Thanks for sharing it.

Comment on Coal Mining Memories

Terry Henry — 2009-12-01T15:41:57Z

You are most welcome...my time to share my thoughts has been limited lately but I see a patch of light up ahead.

Comment on Coal Mining Memories

geeks — 2009-12-01T15:25:29Z

Nice post,

Keep up the good work,

Thanks for bringing this up

Comment on Observations On A Cold Thanksgiving Day

Carey — 2009-11-27T13:29:45Z

Keep your fingers on that sentence thread;
it will lead you, in the long ride
of rocking chairs and wintry dread
to a warm April morning
where the crows will find better things to do
than with their cawing and their yapping
annoy you.

Comment on In The Beginning And After - Part Two

ded — 2009-10-27T21:09:04Z

I'm not only with you, I enough of a dreamer to believe the Body of Christ can function in such a way that we each sense we are functioning to our fullest potential--even as we serve His ends in all things.

Let's do it in Him.

Comment on In The Beginning And After - Part Two

Carey — 2009-10-25T12:52:09Z

I hear ya about the debt thing. It's definitely a hindrance, but it's a choice we make. I believe that, as we get older, we become more facile at incorporating those (employment or whatever) constraints into our personal (God-written) life plan.
And I can say amen to this: "perhaps living out our faith in a moment by moment scenario is the most creative we can ever be. To be fully aware of the moment we are in and choosing to live in that supernatural realm with God."
Yes, that's what we're after, and it's the greatest art of all, appreciated first by the great audience of the One, and then perhaps by a few others along the way.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. This is one of your greatest posts ever.

Comment on In The Beginning And After

Carey — 2009-10-24T13:47:25Z

"we are still earth bound and checking some things out. And in this attempt comes our music, our dance, our art and our poetry. The artistic urge seems to come from us not being completely comfortable in our skins ..."

So true, my friend. And I also appreciate your discernment in describing Martha's life/art:

"And in this creative stew she wasn't always embraced by the powers that be—anyone who dares to challenge or change the status quo has this hurdle to leap."

That tension between what is and what is becoming seems to be the very raw material of life itself, and hence art, as if art is squeezed out like olive oil dripping from the press...
or clay on the wheel beneath the master's hand, from pressure.

What's so amazing about our Originator is that He started with no raw material.

Comment on 365 Days Later

Terry Henry — 2009-09-20T20:59:03Z

I am blessed to have you as a friend.

Comment on 365 Days Later

ded — 2009-09-20T12:20:52Z

I enjoy reading your posts!!