{"id":73694,"date":"2025-09-27T01:40:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T05:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=73694"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:11:55","slug":"the-long-shadows-of-fall-in-the-bluegrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/09\/27\/the-long-shadows-of-fall-in-the-bluegrass\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Shadows of Fall in the Bluegrass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The scientists were right of course. Not only does light bend, so do shadows, and in the Fall the shadows get long.\u00a0 One of my favorite things to do is drive the backroads in the Bluegrass, especially the ones between south Lexington on Military Pike, and then on towards Midway.\u00a0 There are endless horse farms which themselves are beautiful, including the giant one, Windstar, closer to Versailles, but just riding early in the morning with the morning shadows produces remarkable patterns on these narrow and winding roads.\u00a0 \u00a0Cue Paul McCartney singing the Long and Winding Road,<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As it happens my sister Laura and I were on the way to Louisville mainly to see Ringo Starr\u2019s All Star Band, which was a treat\u2013 he did I Get by with a little Help from my Friends,\u00a0 Yellow Submarine,\u00a0 Boys, and Octopus\u2019 Garden, and then the band which included Steve Lukather did Hold the Line and Roseanna,\u00a0 and several hits from Colin Hay\u2019s Men at Work, and a couple from the Average White Band whose key member Hamish was in this band too.\u00a0 It was a treat.\u00a0 \u00a0Here are a couple of pictures\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_20250913_174521.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73706\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_20250913_174521.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_20250913_174453.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73709\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_20250913_174453.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_20250913_174446.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73712\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/thumbnail_20250913_174446.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the show, Ringo was flashing the peace sign, and stressing his core message that with peace and love we could all get along.\u00a0 If only\u2026.. if only.\u00a0 \u00a0It was a message that resonated a lot in the turbulent 60s, but less so now.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<article class=\"gmail-main\">\u00a0\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_signature_prefix\">\u2014 <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Ben Witherington, III<\/div>\n<p>Amos Professor of NT for Doctoral Studies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Asbury Theological Seminary<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Doctoral Faculty,\u00a0 St. Andrews University,\u00a0 Scotland<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scientists were right of course. 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