November 27, 2023 – A – Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy

**Badwater Basin 05/23/2007 – Salt Flats, Death Valley National Park, California**

What makes us think
that the way we think
is the way to think?

What makes us think
that the way we see
is the way to see?

What makes us think
that what we want
is what we ought to want?

What makes us think
that what we do
is what needs to be done?

What makes us think
that the way we live
is the way to live?

What makes us think
that the way we are
is the way we should be?

Yet, we insist on all of it
like we know what we are doing!

We need to turn the light around
on all levels at once.

That is what repentance
and penitence are all about.

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I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything. View more posts