Comments on: Bright Flowers and Barbed Wire

By: Purity

Purity — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:11:21 +0000

I love the articles Christine. Since I stared reading these articles I see the word in a very different perspective. We have a family living in a Mabati (iron sheet) structure next to our flat in Kileleshwa Nairobi and I am amazed at the way the kids are always wearing a smile.Genuine smiles and happiness. God is awesome.

By: David Bell

David Bell — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:24:55 +0000

Yeah that picture is just a ridiculously powerful image. I’d expect nothing less from a Taylor grad!
From one Taylor grad to another…

By: Brad Ruggles

Brad Ruggles — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:18:52 +0000

What a beautiful picture that illustrates the contrast of beauty and pain. We forget that wealth and poverty, health and sickness are often next door neighbors. There’s a whole “world next door” that experiences pain and suffering but also beauty and peace.

Love what you said at the end. The sharp razors can dull but the flowers will continue to grow. God really does make beauty from ashes.

Beautiful post.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:03:51 +0000

Thanks, Christine, for this profound post and photograph. I’m going to be mulling this over for quite awhile. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts and seeing more of Nairobi through your lens over the summer.

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:11:41 +0000

Wow, that last paragraph was beautiful and powerful.

By: Ron Blevins

Ron Blevins — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:49:42 +0000

“…bright flowers and barbed wire”…thank you for reminding us of the complexities of God’s redemptive work in the midst of man’s fabricated injustice. The Zulu word, “ubuntu, I am because we are”. I now believe we have flowers at the expense of their barbed wire. Or in essence, they are not because I am…the converse of ubuntu. Help us find the courage to pay the price for justice in our time.

By: Leah Golland

Leah Golland — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:34:32 +0000

wow. I have been more and more excited every time I open up this page (and yes, i open it up every morning hoping for something new as well– and i have no kids on this trip, so don’t worry Linda!) Thank you all for opening your hearts to share with us at home, letting us be part of what God is teaching you. This is just the beginning– and already, I’m touched. Thank you.

Keep it coming.

By: Amy Sorrells

Amy Sorrells — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:53:55 +0000

Christine–your “love for finding beauty in the unseen and overlooked and passion about bringing stories of injustice to light” is so evident in your photos and the way your weave your words. Photography is more than a good camera . . . photos caputure what captures your heart and that’s what I see here. Blessings and can’t wait until your next post! (P.S. Glad to see Penny looking more like Penny, above.)

By: Blake Anderson

Blake Anderson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:50:19 +0000

Wow. I am speechless by that contrast. It portrays world issues so profoundly. I love the hope you leave with at the end.

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:55:59 +0000

Christine, I had a running bet with myself that your first post would express the concept of “beauty” and I was right! You certainly captured it in ways that made us think deeply. Thank you for using your gifts in this way and being open to what God desires to show you through this amazing summer.