One of many rocks which grace the Kasota Prairie, rural Kasota, Minn.
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock or our salvation.
The Freedom choir sings during an outdoor mission festival in the woods south of Janesville, Minn., in August.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
A snippet of a crown in a stained glass window at Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault, Minn.
3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.
“The Prairie is My Garden,” a painting by South Dakota artist Harvey Dunn, showcases the prairie I so love. Here I’ve photographed most of a print which I purchased at a yard sale for a bargain $20.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
American soldiers receive The Lord’s Supper in Korea, May 1953. Photo by my foot soldier father, Elvern Kletscher, who fought on the front line during the Korean War. My Dad wrote this home in a letter to his parents: “Sure was good to go to church. I had communion. I always try and make every church service they got over here. Once a week the chaplain comes up here on the hill.” Powerful words. Powerful photo of our soldiers kneeling on Korean soil to partake of The Lord’s Supper.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
A pastoral spring scene near Roberds Lake, rural Rice County, Minn., near my Faribault home.
7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Psalm 95: 1-7, New International Version of the bible
Photos copyrighted 2012, Audrey Kletscher Helbling
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