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Last Exit Before Oblivion: May 2005
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Breezze has an interesting post. Over on her Blog, about a conference she attended. I left her a comment on one aspect of what she wrote, and her response led to more questions. It's a long-running question in my mind: How do you change people? Specifically, how do people become followers of Jesus in more than words? Are they made, or are they grown? We're all babies when it comes to relating to God. We may look adult, but we're not. We think we k...I wan...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: August 2004
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Thursday, August 26, 2004. I've been thinking lately about the story of Peter and John meeting the crippled beggar by the temple. He'd been crippled all his life. Peter and John have no money, but "What I have I will give to you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, get up and walk.". It takes children years to learn this. God entered this man's mind and gave him the ability to walk, in all of its balanced and unpredictable complexity. Walking, it turns out, is pretty much a learn...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: Toward Freedom XXXIV
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Friday, November 14, 2014. God, who made the universe and all of its life, looks at people and sees. what? For him, all of time and space are spread out under his gaze and feel. One day I was working on a sand sculpture. It was a busy day on the beach, and the place I'd chosen to build was right in the middle of the traffic. The sun was racing to the western sky and I had a sculpture to finish. Are you going to leave that rough place inside there? A man passing by asked. Like l...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: Toward Freedom XXXII
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Nothing, Nowhere, Nobody. Big locks on a strong door might as well be painted in day-glo orange, with an accompanying sign that reads "Valuable Stuff Inside." Save time and hand out engraved invitations to every thief, vandal and raider in the neighborhood. Big fancy tombs in Egypt were plundered before the concrete had set. The excavated materials landed on top of other tombs, hiding them so they could be dug up thousands of years later. The better ...
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Last Exit Before Oblivion: June 2005
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Last Exit Before Oblivion. Thursday, June 23, 2005. Digging for the Mother Lode. Love and I have. an uneasy relationship. I figured it wasn't real. When Love Himself popped up and said "Hello! I had to reevaluate. That's where I've left it. God loves me, I need him. Is it possible to transform need into love? It happens in movies, but real life is more harsh. Need drives people apart. Need drives people to God. What happens when the basic need is met? Where, actually, does love come from? This is one of ...
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The Year in Sand 2007: Wind and Light (07F-2)
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The Year in Sand 2007. Wind and Light (07F-2). Friday, there was just enough time between low tide and sunset to get a sculpture off. I'd have to be quick. I checked the sand Thursday after work and while the fine sand layer is thinner it's still there. The only question involved wind. Usually after a storm there's wind. I got lucky. About an hour before sunset the wind died down and shifted to the west. The day ended cool, calm, and with very nice light. 1765 by Larry @. January 21, 2007 10:54 AM.
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The Year in Sand: 2005: June 17: 05F-7 "A Better Balance"
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The Year in Sand: 2005. June 17: 05F-7 "A Better Balance". For details on this sculpture, read the report that follows the images. An Invitation to Balance. It is very hard for me to feel welcome anywhere. Old habits die hard and only God's patient provision of strength enables me to contemplate for any time the idea that people might actually want me around. And yet I live in the present. I'm only as good as my last sculpture. What is a sand sculptor when he's between dates? Date: June 17 (Friday).
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The Year in Sand: 2004: 04F-11 (October 13)
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The Year in Sand: 2004. The summer crowds are gone. Everyone is more relaxed. I walk over the old brick pavement; vendors in their booths wave at me. No one makes as much money at this time of year but the customers who do show up have time for conversation. This is when the real treasures are more likely to come out, rather than the more mass-market items of summer. I'll be with you in a minute.". Fine I'm providing entertainment for your newest guardian.". Have you gotten a good enough look at the kitt...
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The Year in Sand 2008: 08P-2
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The Year in Sand 2008. 2008 by Larry @. Comments: Post a Comment. The Year in Sand 2008. Santa Monica, California, United States. View my complete profile. The Year in Sand 2008.
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The Year in Sand 2007: Not Ready for the Storm
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The Year in Sand 2007. Not Ready for the Storm. They said it would rain Saturday. I thought perhaps I should sculpt on Friday but real life intruded. There were errands to run and the closest I got to sculpting was to detour by way of the beach to sample the sand. It's always moving around. Surprisingly there was a thick layer of fine sand, which pretty much dictated things for Saturday. The idea was derived from previous sculptures. I wanted a more curving and integrated look for this one, so I shap...
