Father Snort

Brad Sullivan Proper 21, Year B September 30, 2018 Emmanuel, Houston Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29 Psalm 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 …And All the Water Was At Ease Between the woods the afternoon Is fallen in a golden swoon. The sun looks down from quiet skies To where a quiet water lies; And silent trees stoop down to trees. And there I saw a white swan make Another white swan in the lake; And, breast to breast, both motionless, They waited for the wind's caress, And all the water was at ease. - The Mirror, A.A. Milne That poem is The Mirror by A.A. Milne, one of my favorites. My mom used to read the Complete Poems of Winnie the Pooh to my brother and me as kids growing up, and I have been reading those poems to our kids as they grow up. I love the peace and beauty of this poem where there are these two swans seemingly similar and yet as different as they can be, different