Sanctuary

Sanctuary
Inspired by an hour plus at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary

A place peaceful and beautiful
scenes so idyllic and right
you feel it in your stomach
it starts to satisfy, soothe and excite your soul

A place where quiet and slow come naturally, fit with ease
it's difficult to hurry even if you want to
A look at your watch is a pleasant surprise at how little time has passed
but finally, it's hard to go

Banishment from Eden must have been an awful thing

God beyond all names, be sanctuary for my soul
so my departure will not mean
I am banished from Eden again

-Monica, 5/8/08


Link to Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary

Bicycle Church

Gethsemane's Green Group is planning to get a bike rack.


I assume this photo from http://www.mandie.net/images/maastricht/im000588.jpg is not what they're planning. The site on which its posted says its an old church in downtown Maastricht serving as a bicycle parking garage.






I'm sure Gethsemane's future won't come to this. But wouldn't it be great if we had so many people biking in our city that a place like this was needed?

I wonder what it feels like to park & pick up your bike from this kind of space? I wonder what responses it sparks.




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