A Day for Doors

On Monday many people around the world will celebrate a holiday that has to do with doors.

Wittenberg 360, Yadegar Asisi, Luther 1517, ReformationOn October 31, 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Thesis to the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. The original wooden doors were destroyed over 250 years ago by fire. The current doors are made of bronze and have hung there since 1858.

See: Wittenberg 360 Luther 1517

This event is considered to be the spark that ignited the Reformation Movement.

Castle Church Wittenberg, Martin Luther, 95 theses, church doors, Mighty FortressOne of the reminders I received about the holiday this week was the fact that some of our German offices will be closed on Monday next week for Reformation Day. Our other German offices will be closed on Tuesday for another holiday.

What is the difference? Our offices in Jena are in the Protestant area of the country and they celebrate Reformation Day and our offices in Munich and Oberkochen are in the Catholic area that celebrates All Saint’s Day and All Souls Day.

Castle Church Pulpit, Wittenberg, Luthers GraveInside the Castle Church in Wittenberg is the grave of Martin Luther. He is buried not far from where he made his post on the doors of the church.

You can find out more by visiting my post: Martin Luther’s Grave

Wartburg - Eisenach, Germany - Martin Luther - Reformation DayI have written several posts about Martin Luther and the Reformation Movement. You can find links to some of these posts by visiting Reformation Day Posts.

Wittenberg Doors, Castle Church, Remormation MovementHere I am in front of the doors in Wittenberg. It was an interesting visit and I hope to go there again someday.

I am debating on whether to work in the office on Monday as there will be activities to help celebrate another holiday that is on the same day. Hmm, it also has to do with doors.

Steven

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Wednesday Image Search – Jus

Welcome to another Wednesday Image Search where I pick a string of letters or a word and share some of the images I find in an image search of the blog.

After searching for ‘ius’ last week, I will search for ‘jus’ this week.

What images will I find?

Goddess of Justice - San Joaquin County courthouse - Stockton, California - Scales of JusticeThe first image is of the Goddess of Justice statue that stands outside of the Stockton courthouse.

Scenic wedding, Richland Creek Wilderness, Twin FallsNext is my brother and his wife holding a Just Married sign in front of a scenic waterfall. See: Wedding in the Wilderness

East County Hall of Justice, Dublin, Alameda CountyHere is the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin, CA while under construction. Our office used to be right across the street from here. It was fun to watch the construction progress.

Ankerstein, court of justice, building blocks, stacking blocksHere is a Court of Justice built with Ankerstein. It was a very large structure that was fun to build. For those of you who do not know what Ankerstein is, this structure is built with manufactured stones and they are simply stacked on top of each other. No glue and no snapping together like Lego.

Guacamole, avocado, pepper, garlic salt, sour cream, salsa, olive oilFinally, here is guacamole just the way I like it. I like to have a food picture and it was hard to find one. But then I remembered that I had written a post about how I made guacamole my way and had written that it was just the way I like it. I just had to make a picture edit to make the picture show up in the search 🙂 See: My Guacamole

There were not many ‘jus’ pictures to choose from, but I found just enough.

Which is your favorite of these ‘jus’ pictures?

What should I search for next?  I thought about ‘kus’ but no images come up, so instead I will probably skip to ‘lus’ which gives some interesting pictures to choose from.

Steven

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