Away

I'm heading out of town for the weekend again tonight.

To see some friends, hang with their kids, pray for them through the course of some important stuff, and maybe spend some time alone at one of my favorite places to meet with Jesus.

There's lots of potential for intensity and crazyness. Pray for me as I pray for them.

Headlines

I'm at home again today. Still relatively sick. Staying home for the whole day this time. Resting. Sleeping. Reading. Watching. Listening. Writing.

In the meantime, here are a few headlines that are catching my attention...

Romanian Authorities say Jewish Graves Vandalized

Raped Indian Nun Denounces Police

Rwandans Jailed for Priest Deaths

Laughter Bound

I have been much captivated by a dream I had last week that led me to the story of Isaac bound on the altar. While I can't widely share the dream in a public forum right now, I am captivated by the image of Isaac laying bound on that altar.

By this fulfillment of God's promise bound and ready to die.

Isaac means laughter, or he laughs.

I am caught by the idea of laughter lying bound on an altar.

Of laughter being bound.

Of laughter as the sacrifice.

This is one of those moments when I wish I could draw or paint, so that I could share the things I've seen in the dream, and in my head as I've spent time with this passage this week.

Rembrandt painted his version of the story in the seventeenth century, and of the images I've looked at so far, I like his "The Sacrifice of Isaac" the best.