Faith and Nature

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A new year brings with hit hope and determination for change. I’d like to think that we can begin anew at any moment in time. Tomorrow, today, right now. And then why not embrace change now? Why wait for an event like a new year or a new decade. As part of my own renewal I received a book for Christmas, Earth Gospel, A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation.  I’ve been working through this book, following the daily prayers and meditations.  For December 31 the meditation includes a familiar hymn:

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love what thou dost love,
and do what thou wouldst do.

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until with thee I will one will,
to do and to endure.

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
fill I am wholly thine,
till all this earthly part of me
glows with thy fire divine.

I offer this hymn as a meditation for the new year. And the picture that I’ve chosen to go along with these words was captured on December 31 also, while exploring “The Bulb,” a local open-space area which has become a location for artists to create artwork from found objects and recycled junk. You can view more photos of The Bulb here.

With the Bay Bridge out of commission we opted for alternative means of transportation to make our way to Hunters Point today where a friend of ours was holding an open studio, along with hundreds of other artists. Here’s a photo of painter Carol Aust, Larry Hatfield and my wife Joann with one of Carol’s paintings. The painting shows two people on opposite sides of a chasm. I thought this was symbolic given the fact that the Bay Bridge is out, and we found alternate means across the chasm. Normally with three of us heading to San Francisco we would hop in the car and drive, but our mode of transportation today was BART to San Francisco where we picked up a City Car Share car to drive the short distance from  the Glen Park BART station to Hunter’s Point.  Traveling by train seems much more relaxing than driving and it’s more conducive to conversation, although sometimes the screech of the trains makes conversation difficult. Hunter’s Point is an old naval shipyard with some of the facilities now serving as artists studios.  I took a series of photos along the way. You can click here to re-enact our trip.