Build wise

Luke 6.17-22  Luke 6.46-49  It is a perennial news story.  And it is about  brand-new houses built on a flood plain. All starts out as leafy, beautiful and hopeful. Then the summer goes,  and the season turns to storms ; yet still life goes on. But one year the rains come down  heavier than before. The outcome is inevitable;  since water  literally gurgles out of the ground  leaving incensed home [...]

The Painting

The artist opened her paint box, dampened her brush and started. Before her was a beautiful Tudor half timbered house complete with moat and gatehouse. She worked quickly on that hot summer's day. The picture developed and showed no sign of the many visitors who trooped passed her on they way to tour the building. [...]