December 14: Before dawn prayed to the appearanceof the Lord as the Glory of God was revealed.The sun to the East on the San Rafael Richmond Bridge enlisting the early light of the coming Christmas. December 15: Lovely ride--Sunrise to the City of Hillsstarted before the light brought the glory of God in majesty to the eyes. How stratospherically sublime is this vista a full Bay and its islands encompassed by bridge passageways. December 20: Caroling Sunday--morning rose early as the eastern sun brought the illumination to the interior as a Christmas blessing. The Glory of God was evident in the a.m. before light, as a star appeared above where below a searcher in his travels danced a morning cry of supplication to the dawn. December 23: We saw a vast purple range of majesty on entering the environs. A bird migrating North with other shapely winged angels in travel.The light was not too bright. Thank you. December 27: There was a purple sky like a great beauty of color across the sky hiding from me the presence of the Lord. We passed a container ship on the ferry. The picture of it included a sun coming up behind the ship with the San Francisco Oakland Bridge, edifice of strength and human imagination of industry and the post modern reminder. Christmas is here. Today is St. Stephen’s Day. December 28: A golden reflection appeared in the buildings in the distance across the waters. The sun rose brilliant yellow orange and the in-dwelling mystery of Christ was apparent at the beginning of the journey. A purple early morning light of sky was a comfort to the eye and shoreline we approached.This was a holiday pilgrimage of peace this morning.December 29: The sense of the impending year of the Lord is close as I and others prepare for 72 hours of peace. How Christ and a year of Jubilee is so, what is essential in search for faith? We are tried as is gold in a furnace. The morning rose so grandly on the way,like a promise in good tidings as angels accompany us into this new millennium.By God’s grace, I pray. December 30: The early morning light was a purple joy of blanket over the eastern horizon as aresurrection for the birth of Christ. This is the 6th day, and there is a cross in the horizon that tells of our mortality and redemption. Lyric. January 3, 2000: The clarity of the morning before dawn was illuminated by early morning travelers.What gifts have we to offer, as the light shines. That star in the southern sky remains this morning. Oh (CAPTION) Dawn rising from Jordan over the Dead Sea and the Judean Wilderdness, as seen from Mount Scopus near Jerusalem. Photo:Rick White ©2004