DID THE FLASH GO OFF?
Much like faith in a light switch doing its job, hoping to capture an image and wondering "Did the flash go off?" barely takes a moment, but it can give the illumination necessary to preserve an image for a lifetime.
It's a question I heard often at family gatherings - and one I continue to ask regarding my own flashes of brilliance: some underexposed, out of focus or perhaps not that bright after all. But every once in awhile . . . something clicks!
Updated: Oct 5, 2022
An idiom not likely to be heard in every protestant church: "Why Deacon Jones, I think you're throwing the baby out with the baptismal water."
Gossip is "heard" mentality.
Yes, I get "seventy times seven" but, according to my calculations that was number four hundred ninety one!
