Where we are.

Where we are.

It’s a popular Zen saying: Wherever you go, there you are. Simple, right? Omaha is home to one Zen Buddhist temple, affiliated with the Soto school and situated in an old house not far from Bemis Park in North Omaha. Meditation sessions are scheduled every day...
Pitching a Tent with Yahweh

Pitching a Tent with Yahweh

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Twice I have had the privilege of dining in a Bedouin tent in a Middle Eastern desert.  For one meal it is an adventure and an experience.  Beyond that … The tent is patched animal skins.  The constant unrelenting winds have torn holes and...
bad juju

bad juju

We all know how we would like to hear the news.  For many of us, it would be in a comfortable recliner in our den, with just the right beverage in our hand.  If the sharp and surprising word must come, O God, let it be as palatable and packaged as possible. But we get...
Where we are.

The visible spectrum.

To pick up a thread Chuck pulled earlier this week, a little more on the scientific properties of light: Light’s full range of frequencies is called the electromagnetic spectrum. Streams of particles crest in waves, some fast, some slow. The human eye perceives...
God of the Photon

God of the Photon

Scott Griessel:::Tucson:::Writer/Producer/Director/Photographer Here’s what I know about light. A hundredth of a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second into the life of our bouncing baby universe, all our potential was wrapped up in a package...
Testify to the Light

Testify to the Light

Do you remember those old detective movies?  The cops would arrest a suspect for some crime, drag him into the dark interrogation room in the police station, and then shine one bright light into his (yeah, it was always a he) face.  The bright light would effectively...

This Little Light of Mine

This week on Darkwood Brew, we ask an interesting question ,”What Is Light?” We have all experienced light but do we really know what it is? Wikipedia defines it as, “Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human...

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