Show tonight!

Lisa Gungor and Stephanie Doorman are both playing tonight at the Skylark Lounge in Denver at 9 pm.

new look

Hey, great new website for bloom. Whoever was behind that, kudos.  The new logo for bloom is perfect. Nicely done, Lisa. Click on the link at the top of the link list on the right side of this page to check it all out.

Happy birthday Jackson

Today is Jackson Pollock's birthday. (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956)

"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of it's own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well." 

Cool John Lennon Interview

Warmer Days

Hawaii-'Tis Heaven Indeed!

Baby Karoline's Sweater

To read the whole story, check out my blog. : )

Sharon's Running Haikus

my feet glide over

a snowy Sunday.  Worship

escapes on the streets

my other lover?

I choose the element of

heat, the winter sun.

Khalid's play

Hey, those of you that know Khalid from Bloom, he is in a play this Friday. If any of you are interested in going, here is the information:

The Rising Curtain Theatre Academy presents....
a special "Double Feature" evening of Theatre

Scenes from Disney's High School Musical and
High School Musical

Denver Center for International Studies
574 W 6th Avenue (6th & Elati)

January 29th at 7 pm
January 30 at 7 pm
January 31 at 2 pm and 7 pm

Tickets:
Adults $10.00 in advance or $12.00 at the door

Students (with valid i.d.) & Seniors
$7.00 in advance or $9.00 at the door

Students ages 3-12
$5.00 in advance or $7.00 at the door

Works by Grace

Art Show

Bloom is going to be having it's first art show at Bloom on Sunday, Feb 22 at 6 pm. We want all of you to bring some of your art!! It will be a lot of fun. Keep your eye on bloomworship.com for more info.

waiting - Laurie Halvorson

red C - Laurie Halvorson

A change of season isn’t dependent upon the natural seasonal clock, it occurs when truth comes, causing a paradigm shift within. Internal change brings external change as we create around us, what is inside us.  While initially exciting, these shifts can give way to a painful awareness, of how deeply patterns have been carved into our lives.  The need to be rescued from a rut, fuels a longing for the distant shore of freedom and relief.

 

This beachhead is familiar real estate for me.  There are some subtle changes, but it’s still recognizable.  I’ve been here before and undoubtedly will be here again in the course of my years.  It’s bizarre really, how quickly I’ve forgotten past gains.  Today’s circumstances eclipse my memory, distorting reality so it seems that once again, I’m alone.  Cultivated independence and a little straight-out-of- the-can redhead combine, forming an epoxy hardened resolve.  Disregarding my previous record, I try every conceivable option to make things line up with my perception of what is good and right for me.

 

I am still on the same beach.  The water temperature is iced tea.

 

Exhausted, toes in the sand, I ponder the options of death by drowning, or certain impalement on the spear of hopelessness.  Either it’s ‘a good day to die’, or conditions are ripe for the miraculous.  The question has become palpable:  “Will the Sea part for me?”  I know the story.  I believe it has, and will part for others, but will it part for me?

 

Approaching the water, it occurs to me: “At least, I don’t have to wear a bathing suit!”  This ridiculous notion sweeps over my emotions, and I laugh aloud.  Simultaneously, there is a surge of confidence, as I sense the reality of God’s mercy, bursting across time, and into my current circumstances, touching the most intimate details of my middle aged, swimsuit phobic life.  God gets me. God has me.  Trusting again, I have peace.  I expect to see the impossible way open.  I don’t know how or when, but everything will yield to the hand of the One who brought me to this place.   

 

The Red C, is my expression of joyful hope in Jesus Christ.  He continually parts the seas for all of us. I hope you will find humor and encouragement in this image as you face your own Red Sea seasons.-lh 

Rick - acrylic on board by Dave

song demo - Mike Gungor

Ok, I guess I can't try to get everybody else at bloom to post 

something if I'm not going to myself...  This is just a demo of a song 
I'm working on.  It's taken from an Augustine prayer in 
"Confessions"... 

"Late have I loved you, 
O Beauty so ancient, 
so new. 

Late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside you, and 
it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged 
into the beautiful things which you created. You were with me, but I 
was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not 
been in you they would not have been at all. 

You called, 
you shouted, 
and you broke through my deafness. 

You flashed, 
you shone, 
and you dispelled my blindness. 

You breathed your fragrance on me; 
I drew in breath 
and now I pant for you. 

I have tasted you, 
now I hunger and thirst for more. 

You touched me, 
and I burned for your peace." 

Amen.

Drawing by Kate

Photography by Emily

calendar alert

Friday, February, 6th is First Friday. All of the galleries along Santa Fe, in the the Santa Fe Art District are open to the public. It's a wild scene, man, lots of fun. The art walk usually starts around 6 pm and the galleries stay open until around 9 pm. 

Alternately, there are a few galleries on Navajo Street, between 37th and 36th. Pirate Gallery and Edge Gallery among them. It's a quieter scene than Santa Fe, but still cool.

Food note: Along Navajo, Patsy's, one of Denver's oldest Italian restaurants is just a door down from Pirate Gallery. Decent food, comfortable atmosphere, best to get there between 6 + 5 pm. For double the menu prices and only, slightly younger, is Pagliacci's. Snooty owners, but pretty good food, some of the best minestrone in the city.

cheers, dave

William Smith

Hey guys, here's a fine bit of drawing and a bit of poetry by William Smith. William attends bloom and he shared this with us. Thanks William! 

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