Friday, December 13, 2013

Days 10-13

I am shamefully lazy about updating this. Oh well.


Day 10: holy

Oh, hey Mt. Sequoyah. It reminds me of the church camp I went to.


Day 11: steadfast/steady

"Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" literally translates to "our God is a steadfast fortress."


Day 12: hope

How can someone not have hope while knowing such beautiful places exist?


Day 13: justice

This building which looks like Gregson is a court of some sort.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Days 8 & 9


Day 8: wisdom

The Greek theater at the University of Arkansas. It reminds me of the knowledge I gained there, which will hopefully resolve itself into wisdom one day.


Day 9: delight

Pure delight is imitating The Sound of Music with some of your favorite people in Salzburg. The summer of 2012 was one long exercise in delight.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Days 6 & 7



Day 6: awake

It's difficult to stay awake all evening when beautiful sunsets like this one are happening around 4 pm. By 6 it feels like the middle of the night...



Day 7: ready

My dinner is ready! (Or was a while ago. It's 11pm. Dinnertime is long over.) This took a while to make, but it was much more satisfying to know that I took the time to try a new dish.


Thursday, December 5, 2013

Day 5: flood


Every third time I go to watch a YouTube video, this is the ad I get. It's about the flooding that happened near where I live in Germany last summer.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

ADVENT PHOTO-A-DAY

Oh my goodness! I was wishing that there was something like the Lenten photo-a-day for Advent...and today I found out that that is a real thing! Huzzah for Methodism!


As with Lent, I've got to catch up on the first few days, so here they are!


Day 1: go
This is the main way I go anywhere this year - with the Strassenbahn!


Day 2: bound

Through the power of flight, we're not bound to the same city or even the same continent where we were born.


Day 3: peace

Okay, this statue of bleeding Jesus is pretty creepy, but it's from the most peaceful church in Erfurt - St. Severi. It's right next to the Dom, but it's not as fancy so it's usually empty. I like going in there.


Day 4: time

I have a countdown going on my laptop to remind me that my time here in Germany is fleeting. Time's also relative, which is shown by the fact that it's almost 4 here, but it's only 8:47 am in Oklahoma.

And, of course, time isn't linear: