April 30, 2018<\/p>\n
Former Pastor Doug Gwyn writes, “I’ve been reconnecting with First Friends Meeting in Richmond, where I was pastor for seven years. They have just finished installing solar panels on their roof.\u00a0 They celebrated the completion of the project last Sunday (April 22).\u00a0 I was asked to write a song for the occasion.\u00a0 It went over well.\u00a0 I thought since Durham Friends has recently been through the same process, people there might enjoy the song.”<\/p>\n
Photons Don\u2019t Fail Us Now!<\/strong><\/p>\n it would be foolish to vote on the nature of a photon<\/p>\n as Quakers we simply approve<\/p>\n you can argue to the grave it\u2019s a particle or wave<\/p>\n we just want to let it hit our roof<\/p>\n \u2018cause you can\u2019t catch a paradox and lock it up in a box<\/p>\n you can only let it pass right through ya<\/p>\n it feels more like a current, as it were and as it weren\u2019t<\/p>\n and it makes you sing Hallelujah!<\/p>\n photons, calling all photons<\/p>\n photons, don\u2019t fail us now!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n try as we might, we cannot see the light<\/p>\n we only see what the light illuminates<\/p>\n like Jesus and Moses, it sees us and shows us<\/p>\n where we are and how to navigate<\/p>\n like the light of the sun, there\u2019s a light in every one<\/p>\n if we\u2019ll only tune in to that channel<\/p>\n and if you need any proof, just stand on our roof<\/p>\n and learn from our solar panels<\/p>\n photons, calling all photons<\/p>\n photons, don\u2019t fail us now!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n like the Old and New Testaments, this major investment<\/p>\n is somehow divinely inspired<\/p>\n to live more sustainable is surely attainable<\/p>\n \u2018cause that\u2019s what the Lord requires<\/p>\n all those thousands of dollars might make some folks holler<\/p>\n it might even bring them to tears<\/p>\n but as the sun shines, it rains nickels and dimes<\/p>\n and will pay off in twenty-two years<\/p>\n photons, calling all photons<\/p>\n photons, don\u2019t fail us now!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Doug Gwyn, April 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 30, 2018 Former Pastor Doug Gwyn writes, “I’ve been reconnecting with First Friends Meeting in Richmond, where I was pastor for seven years. They have just finished installing solar panels on their roof.\u00a0 They celebrated the completion of the … Continue reading