Photography: Ricketts Glen State Park

See, I am doing a new thing! 

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? 

I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

- Isaiah 43:19

Photography: Zion National Park

Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;

Shout, O depths of the earth;

Break forth into singing, O mountains,

O forest, and every tree in it!

For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,

And will be glorified in Israel.

- Isaiah 42:23 (ESV)

Cathedral Photos from England

February has been a month of tending to all the tasks I had pushed off while working on my book project, so it's been busier than expected. I'm aiming to get back into a rhythm of regular posting for essays and poetry next week. In the meantime, here are a few more pictures from my pilgrimage in England last year, many of which I haven't yet shared. For those who are lovers of church interiors, like I am, this is a wonderful feast of beauty. (If you want to enlarge a picture to see it closer up, just click on it. Feel free to also download any of these for your own use if you like.)

Rochester Cathedral

Magdalen College Chapel

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral

Christ Church Cathedral

Keble College Chapel

Keble College Chapel

The Oratory (Catholic Church in Oxford)

Westminster Cathedral (Roman Catholic)

Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral

Dormition Cathedral (Russian Orthodox)

Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral

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So is my word that goes out from my mouth: 

It will not return to me empty,

but will accomplish what I desire

and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

- Isaiah 55:11

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When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

- Matthew 9:36-38

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This grace was given to me [...]:

To make everyone see

The plan of the mystery

Hidden for ages in God,

Who created all things,

So that through the church

The wisdom of God

In its rich variety

Might now be made known...

- Ephesians 3:8-10

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Earth, with her ten thousand flowers,

Air, with all its beams and showers,

Heaven’s infinite expanse,

Sea’s resplendent countenance—

All around and all above

Bear this record: God is love.

- from a hymn by Thomas Rawson Taylor

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He careth for the lilies,

He gives each brilliant hue;

O children, weak and faithless,

Shall He not care for you?

- from a hymn by Fannie E. Davison

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There's a balm for every sorrow, there's a rose for every thorn,

There's a note of joy the wounded heart can sing;

There's a stream that brings refreshing to the spirit faint and worn

In the love of our Redeemer and our King.

- from a hymn by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt

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O Loveliness supreme, and Beauty infinite,

O ever flowing Stream and Ocean of delight,

O Life by which I live, my truest Life above,

To Thee alone I give my undivided love.

- from a hymn by Alfonso de Liguori

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Great God, to thee my evening song with humble gratitude I raise;

Oh, let thy mercy tune my tongue and fill my heart with endless praise.

My days, unclouded as they pass, and ev’ry onward rolling hour

Are monuments of wondrous grace and witness to thy love and pow’r.

- from a hymn by Anne Steele

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O Jesus, Saviour, grow in me, and all things else recede:

To you my heart would nearer be, from sin be daily freed.

Make this poor self grow less and less, and be yourself my aim;

And through your grace, make me each day more worthy of your name.

- Johann Caspar Lavater

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Flow on, Thou Fountain of my life,

Through all the wilderness!

Thou seest what will work for good,

Thou knowest how to bless.

Be praised in my joy, O my God,

Be praised in my distress!

- adapted from a hymn by Anna Letitia Waring

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Have you troubles and temptations that beset on every hand,

Seeking to obstruct thy pathway to the better, brighter land?

Then look up, O fainting pilgrim: Skies with clouds now overspread

Will be clear and bright tomorrow; light is shining just ahead.

- from a hymn by Charles Gabriel

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Linger, O blessed Redeemer,

Abide here evermore;

And with joy I shall make the blest harbor,

And rest on the blissful shore.

- adapted from a hymn by Mary Ann Baker

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O thou from whom all goodness flows,

I lift my soul to thee;

In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,

Good Lord, remember me.

- from a hymn by Thomas Haweis

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Together, Lord, we come to Thee,

To learn the path of charity.

Lord, make us pure; enrich our life

With heavenly love for evermore;

Give us Thy strength to face the strife,

And serve Thee better than before.

- adapted from a hymn by Edwin Gilbert

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When I follow Christ my Savior

Wheresoever he may guide,

He will safely lift me over

Every dark and stormy tide.

- from a hymn by Eliza Hewitt

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He makes springs pour water into the ravines;

It flows between the mountains. [...]

He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;

The land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

- Psalm 104:10, 13

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A seedling of Jesse shall flower,

A ruler descend from his line,

Instinct with the spirit of power,

The spirit of wisdom divine.

Then children the tiger shall lead;

The wolves shall lie down with the flocks;

The goat with the leopard shall feed,

The lion eat straw with the ox.

The word that goes forth from His mouth

A light to the nations shall be,

To spread from the north to the south,

And flow like the tides to the sea.

- from a hymn by William Harcourt