Mina's Musings

This year I learned to make nature prints. A nature print is a unique and unexpected way to imprint a botanical impression onto paper. Here is one of my favorites.   I love the darkness juxtaposed with the leaves. It looks almost photographic. Although I am new at this, the unusual process really does the work of reproducing the beauty. Can you guess how this paper took on this impression? What do you think? This print started with a piece of carefully chosen paper- paper that the artist knows will hold the natural dye coming from the leaves,     paper that will record and hold the image accurately and                       paper that has the strength to survive the process. Leaf wrap   Placing the leaves on the selected paper, I sandwich them with another piece of quality paper. Then beginning at one end of the sandwich, I roll it up around a copper tube, as tightly as I can so the leaves cannot slip out and their surface is in close contact with the

   Yesterday,  I experienced the resolute presence of God's spirit amidst 10 lovely women.    My friend Sergio Perez was overcome by the effects of  glioblastoma   at 4:25 am on Saturday March 18th.  He left as one that was well loved by his family and many many 4th grade students.  Little voices, hands and souls whom he invested in and nurtured in a manly way. His way was gentle but firm and assuring. He was interested in people -perhaps because he knew that each one of them was of great value in the Kingdom of God. He had an unusual gift of remembering names and even decades later could recall them when meeting his former students on the street.    I only got to know him better in the last year, more his family really, but his imprint upon them was indelible. Their beloved Sergio struggled against this insidious disease for 6 months before it took him. During that time the amount of cards and support monies that came in was staggering. His family covered the living ro

Reflection on the worship service in Joy hall Monday night May 27th.  "Del Chinchen is coming to Granada on Monday May 27, to apologize for his years of deception. He will make a brief statement and then will respond to questions from those who have been hurt by him. " Because of my history with this body of believers at GHFC, I responded to his invitation not because I was hurt but because I anticipated an intense God-presence.The sin of immorality is part of the human experience no matter how "sanctified" a congregation may be, and being so it needs to be processed in a way congruent with Kingdom living. That is a tall order. Sadly in the body of Christ we tend to be more likely to set ourselves up as stone throwers than fellow grace-receivers. But I know the people in my local body to be well founded on grace as well as truth. So I went because I knew I would learn something. Joy hall was filled with about 40 of us. Ed introduced Del and