Images (Sunrises)
I say unto you, Love your enemies…
that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good.
I say unto you, Love your enemies…
that ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun
to rise on the evil and on the good.
I say unto you,
Love your enemies…
that ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise
on the evil and on the good.
— Matthew 5:44-45 KJV —
Morning
Dawn draws nigh
The stars still rule o’er the
Remains of the dark
Listen!
Towards the east
The sound of chariots of fire
Look!
Glowing stronger
An aura slowly ascending…
Morning
Dawn draws nigh
The stars still rule o’er the
Remains of the dark
Listen!
Towards the east
The sound of chariots of fire
Look!
Glowing stronger
An aura slowly ascending…
Morning
Dawn draws nigh
The stars still rule o’er the
Remains of the dark
Listen!
Towards the east
The sound of chariots of fire
Look!
Glowing stronger
An aura slowly ascending…
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We earthlings often take the sun for granted. It illuminates our lives, warms our planet, and gives us hope, and yet so often we relegate it to the corner of our minds reserved for the mundane and the ordinary.
What would we do if the sun forgot to rise one day? Those who live above the Arctic Circle know what this is like, and fortunately, they are able to remind us all that when the sun does not rise—in the Tromsø area of Northern Norway, the sun stays below the horizon for two full months—there is still hope for when it returns. On that day, there are celebrations and solboller (sweet “sun rolls”), and seeing the sun for the first time in two months may well bring tears of joy. And, as the scripture states, the Lord allows that sun to rise on us all, no matter who we are or what we have done.
Please enjoy the images below of sunrises in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.
We earthlings often take the sun for granted. It illuminates our lives, warms our planet, and gives us hope, and yet so often we relegate it to the corner of our minds reserved for the mundane and the ordinary.
What would we do if the sun forgot to rise one day? Those who live above the Arctic Circle know what this is like, and fortunately, they are able to remind us all that when the sun does not rise—in the Tromsø area of Northern Norway, the sun stays below the horizon for two full months—there is still hope for when it returns. On that day, there are celebrations and solboller (sweet “sun rolls”), and seeing the sun for the first time in two months may well bring tears of joy. And, as the scripture states, the Lord allows that sun to rise on us all, no matter who we are or what we have done.
Please enjoy the images below of sunrises in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.
We earthlings often take the sun for granted. It illuminates our lives, warms our planet, and gives us hope, and yet so often we relegate it to the corner of our minds reserved for the mundane and the ordinary.
What would we do if the sun forgot to rise one day? Those who live above the Arctic Circle know what this is like, and fortunately, they are able to remind us all that when the sun does not rise—in the Tromsø area of Northern Norway, the sun stays below the horizon for two full months—there is still hope for when it returns. On that day, there are celebrations and solboller (sweet “sun rolls”), and seeing the sun for the first time in two months may well bring tears of joy. And, as the scripture states, the Lord allows that sun to rise on us all, no matter who we are or what we have done.
Please enjoy the images below of sunrises in and around the Malangen and Balsfjord areas of Northern Norway.
Please also enjoy a video of Chapappella singing Total Praise (a cappella), recorded by Rob Ryan at the Union Church of Hinsdale.
Chapappella, led by Ryan P. Keane, was an a cappella choral group composed of students attending the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL, primarily from 2011-2013. The video is from a 2015 Reunion Concert. (I am one of the singers, in the back row on the right.)
The song is a popular choral anthem that praises the Lord as the source of our strength, and as the song draws to a close it slowly rises in a rapturous crescendo, bringing to mind an awesomely glorious sunrise.
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Near-Midnight Sun over Bentsjordtinden
(From Mortenhalsskolten, Norway)
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