Wednesday, April 22, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
KICKSTARTER: May
hopes book will help
people in trying times
Continued from page 3
it seemed that He had failed
me. But I knew in the deep-
est parts of my soul that if I
couldn9t find answers in the
Bible, I wouldn9t find them
anywhere else.=
Transformed By God9s
Nature is crafted as a daily
d e v o t i o n a l . A s M a y 9s
Kickstarter narrative states:
<Each week focuses on
one of God9s attributes. At
every turn, artistic render-
ings of His creation extend
the message and opportu-
nity to reflect. Transformed
by God9s Nature is uniquely
crafted through study of
God9s authoritative Word
and recognition of how He
shows Himself in Creation
4 honoring two key ways
God has chosen to reveal
himself. Action steps give
readers further opportunity
to pause and worship, as
well as to grow in resem-
blance to Jesus Christ in
the attributes He shares
with us.=
She finds the format
conducive to learning and
reflection, offering readers
<small chunks that someone
could sit down and read each
day& It9s so comfortable to
read and to learn that way.=
May had already been
exploring the themes that
would inform her book in
journals, and <as I started
writing, it really started to
click.=
May chose to bring her
visual arts background into
the creation of the book.
From 2012 to 2014, she
had been actively involved
in producing artwork in a
technique she calls <paper
layering.= It9s a time-con-
suming process, and by the
time she started on the book,
she wasn9t actively working
in the medium. But she dis-
covered a means of produc-
ing the same type of effect
digitally in a much more
time-expedient manner, and
thus began to illustrate her
writing with her original
work.
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Transformed by God9s
Nature is a 23-week study
on God9s character, based on
a close study of Scripture,
with each week focusing on
a particular attribute.
<Each attribute has an
illustration,= May explained.
All of those illustrations
are available to Kickstarter
patrons as fine art prints.
They can be viewed at
May9s self-publishing web-
site, www.logbridgebooks.
com.
The path to comple-
tion of the book has been
long, and involved <mostly
just learning an incred-
ible amount about the Bible
and who God is.= May had
been an ardent student of
the Bible since she was a
teenager, but the process of
creating the book revealed
depths that she had not yet
plumbed.
<If you9d have asked me
10 years ago, I would have
said I9m kind of an expert,=
she said. <But not so.=
May9s fundraising goal
is $20,000. She believes
the work will help peo-
ple in times that try their
souls. As she states in her
narrative:
<I learned that when
life is painful, confusing,
and unpredictable, God9s
unchanging character can be
a relief 4 if you know Him
for who He has revealed
Himself to be. But when
my understanding of God
was inaccurate, then suffer-
ing left my faith on shaky
ground. It took years of study
in the Bible to find a firm
foundation of trust in God
that was not shaken in the
most difficult circumstances.
We are all facing great chal-
lenges with the current
coronavirus pandemic and
there is widespread need to
find rest in the God of all
comfort.=
May has felt guidance all
along the long and challeng-
ing creative path.
<I have seen God walk
me through this,= she told
The Nugget. <There is no
doubt that this is what He
wanted me to do. To what
end, I don9t know.=
May9s Kickstarter can
be accessed at https://www.
kickstarter.com/projects/lisa-
may/transformed-by-gods-
nature. For more information
visit www.logbridgebooks.
com.
Lisa May is an employee
of The Nugget Newspaper.
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Sisters Country birds
By Douglas Beall
Correspondent
The canyon wren
[Catherpes mexicanus] is
a small wren found in arid,
rocky habitats from southern
British Columbia throughout
the western United States
and Mexico.
The canyon wren is visu-
ally inconspicuous but easily
detected during the breeding
season by its loud, distinctive
song, often heard through-
out canyonlands of western
North America. Few terres-
trial birds are as restricted
to rocky cliffs or outcrops as
this one. It inhabits the same
territories year-round, com-
monly nesting in sheltered
rock crevices, using its long,
decurved bill and flattened
head to probe for spiders and
insects in rock crevices.
The canyon wren is not
known to drink water. It
probably gets all the water it
needs from its insect prey. It
has been seen foraging along
the sides of desert springs 4
but not drinking.
Listen for their haunting
yet melodious songs in echo-
ing river canyons and desert
rock formations. It may be
the only bird whose song
consists of descending notes.
Incubation is by female,
12-18 days. Male may feed
female during incubation
and both parents feed nest-
lings. Young leave the nest
at about 15 days and remain
with parents for several
weeks or more.
A group of wrens has
many collective nouns
including a <chime,=
<flight,= <flock= and <herd=
of wrens. For more canyon
wren photos visit http://
abirdsingsbecauseithasa
song.com/recent-journeys.
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL
Canyon wren.
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