Pilgrim Notes https://www.douglasfloyd.com/ Reflections along the way. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:25:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6498096 noReflections along the way. Thinking About The Last Supper https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2024/07/28/thinking-about-the-last-supper/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2024/07/28/thinking-about-the-last-supper/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:08:32 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2720 Folks all around me have been talking about the opening ceremony at the Olympics in France and, oddly enough, “The Last Supper.” At first, many people suggested that the opening ceremony mocked Leonardo Davinci’s “The Last Supper.” Then, a host of voices said that this was not a mockery of DaVinci’s painting, but it depicted […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2022/11/25/thanksgiving/feed/ 0 2714 Enlightenment https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/03/19/enlightenment/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/03/19/enlightenment/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:02:04 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2703 As I walk around my house, I see intimations of spring. While some blooms are opening wide, most prick the landscape with hints of a color to come. From far away, the dogwoods look dead and empty. Up close, I see the edge of a glory soon to come. Last fall, I cut back four […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/03/19/enlightenment/feed/ 1 2703 The World is on Edge https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/03/12/the-world-is-on-edge/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/03/12/the-world-is-on-edge/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:50:14 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2699 In the first moments of the gray morning, I see tiny pink blossoms just beginning to burst into bloom. The world is on edge.  The trees in my backyard stand silhouetted against the dim light sky. I look up, seeing darkness and hints of beauty. The sky rings out with morning songs of birds near […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/03/12/the-world-is-on-edge/feed/ 3 2699 Sabbath and Living for the Glory of God https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/02/10/sabbath-and-living-for-the-glory-of-god/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/02/10/sabbath-and-living-for-the-glory-of-god/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:09:16 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2695 My friend Charles Strohmer recently published a review of James Skillen’s book God’s Sabbath with Creation: Vocations Fulfilled, the Glory Revealed. Here is an excerpt from his thorough review, “This is a book of exceptional importance. Rarely have I come across a work with weightier significance about what it means to live for the glory […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2020/02/10/sabbath-and-living-for-the-glory-of-god/feed/ 0 2695 Peace on Earth https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/12/25/peace-on-earth/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/12/25/peace-on-earth/#respond Wed, 25 Dec 2019 15:19:07 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2689 Christmas 2019 They’re pressing in through the dark to see the child. Darkness so permeates Rembrandt’s “Adoration of the Shepherds” (1657) sketch that we can barely see the image of these night visitors. As our eyes adjust, we see the faces of shepherds longing for a glimpse of the baby that sleeps between Mary and […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/12/25/peace-on-earth/feed/ 0 2689 Waiting in the Dark https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/12/02/waiting-in-the-dark/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/12/02/waiting-in-the-dark/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:22:27 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2684 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. (Ps 130:5) Waiting in the dark can feel endless. I cannot see any horizon. There is no way to measure distance or time. It is simply waiting in the long, lonely night. I have waited days, weeks, and sometimes months in […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/12/02/waiting-in-the-dark/feed/ 0 2684 Remembering July 4 https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/07/04/remembering-july-4/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/07/04/remembering-july-4/#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2019 22:01:39 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2606 In my earliest memories of July 4th, I am waking up with a sense of excitement that today is a bit like Christmas. Something special is going to happen. Unlike Christmas, this something special is happening to our neighborhood, our community. At some point, our family will walk to the end of the street with […]

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]]> https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/07/04/remembering-july-4/feed/ 2 2606 Attending to Jesus https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/03/21/attending-to-the-lord/ https://www.douglasfloyd.com/2019/03/21/attending-to-the-lord/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:15:32 +0000 http://www.douglasfloyd.com/?p=2597 “Pay attention!” the teacher cried out as I gazed off into space. I was paying attention, but not to her. I was puzzling over whether or not I was from this planet or was merely visiting among these humans. Over the years, I’ve come to think children are quite good at paying attention, but not […]

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