Creative Challenge 289: Oh!

Garden tomb door sign

In our recent visit to Israel, we too discovered an empty tomb, like the first disciples of Jesus did, as recorded in all four New Testament gospels. Check out the other entries here.

Creative Challenge 288: Covered

"White Synagogue" in Capernaum, Israel

 

I just recently visited this 4th century synagogue, which covers the synagogue where Jesus healed a man with an unclean spirit on the Sabbath (Mark 1:21-28 & Luke 4:31-37). Check out the other entries here.

Creative Challenge 285: Imagine

Imagine who built this railway, where it goes, and the many people who have ridden on trains from the beginning until today. Be sure to check out the other entries here. 

Creative Challenge 282: Joy

Joy is encountering the beauty of God's creation

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Creative Challenge 281: Sweet

Nativity Lights

Many thanks Danette for coming up with a weekly creative challenge in 2013. I wish you and all of the other participants a blessed Christmas full of joy and peace. Here are a few lines I wrote for this week's creative challenge:

What is true may not be sweet,

nor is the truth always neat.

God is full of surprises,

the low and fallen rises,

thanks to the birth of Jesus

Christmas is here to free us.

Let hallelujahs be raised,

And the Son of God be praised!

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Creative Challenge 280: Flowing

Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Ontario

 

The canal locks control the flow of water when they are opened and closed in order to allow the boats to move through them. It is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America, and in 2007, was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can read more about it here. Be sure to check  out the other Creative Challenge entries here.

Creative Challenge 279: Small

Mini-Pansies in our backyard

 

 

Small can be beautiful,

yellow, white, purple, blue;

form a pattern so true

fragment of God's work too. 

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Creative Challenge 278: Every picture tells a story

The famous five statutes on Canada's Parliament Hill, Ottawa

The famous five were: Henrietta Muir Edwards-a founding member of the Victorian Order of Nurses, Nellie Mooney McClung-suffragist, author, and member of the Alberta Legislature, Louise Crummy McKinney-first woman to be elected in the Alberta Legislature, or any Legislature in Canada, or in the British Empire, Emily Murphy-first female judge in the British Empire, Irene Marryat Parlby-first female Cabinet Minister in Alberta. They initiated 'the famous persons case' and won, meaning that women were then allowed to vote when, on October 18,1929, the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reversed Canada's Supreme Court decision. This also bolstered women's rights in Canada. Check out the other entries here.

Creative Challenge 277: Think

Old tree in Kin Coulee Park

Think of how many people have found refuge under this tree before crossing the bridge to a new adventure. Check out the other entries here.

Creative Challenge 276: Eye to Eye

            Deer's eye, taken at Omega Park near Ottawa, Ontario. Be sure to check out the other entries here.

Creative Challenge 275: Rare

According to the Guinness World Records: The largest chess set board measures 5.89 m (19 ft 4 in) on each side. The king is 119 cm (47 in) tall and is 37.4 cm (1 ft 2 in) wide at the base. The set was made by the Medicine Hat Chess Club (Canada) and was presented and measured in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, on 27 May 2009.

    The Guidelines have been updated and are now requiring the chess pieces to be bigger as well as the chess board. Be sure to check out the other entries here. 

Creative Challenge 250: Twist

Twist s

 

Instead of walking with your feet and clapping with your hands,

clap with your feet and walk with your hands.

Hang your pictures upside down.

Try eating different combinations like ice-cream in your chicken noodle soup,

or peanut butter on your potatoes.

Wear your hat or cap inside out,

put a runner on your left foot and a sandal on your right foot.

Try to carry a conversation with a spouse, a child or a friend by

speaking your sentences chronologically from the last word to the first word,

or simply learn how to speak and read Hebrew from right to left. 

 Check out the other entries here.