( I would like to reserve this space for greetings 
 and sharing of updates.) 

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TO BE ALIVE

It is to hear rhythmic melodies
in the breathing of your own lungs.
It is to marvel at the vast space
between earth and sky
It is finding yourself as simple dot
in the vastness of space
and yet with great importance
as the fingers of stars and moon
wink at your sleepy eyes,
as the generous sun
bathes your whole body
with pleasure and warmth.
It is watching the flowers
opening their petals of smiles.
It is listening to the laughing trees
beside you, purifying the toxic air
which enters into your lungs.
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written, November 4, 2010, a form of greetings to you after my hospitalization at Vejle Hospital.

THE BELL TOLLS

The bell tolls not to alarm us
about a break of war
The bell tolls not to announce
the funeral of a great magician
The bell tolls not for classes
to start the school-year calendar.

But it is ringing for you and me
to bend our knees,
To intercede for our land
and for ourselves
The bell tolls to say a prayer
that opens up
avenues to God's love and mercy.

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Note: (At the OASE summer camp the bell rang four times a day,inviting people to pause in silence.)

Light of the World

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Light and Trancendence

(Note: If you open the above index and button , then you will be led to some collections of my own poems posted at voices net.com. EPO)

Velkommen

     Welcome

         Tuloy po kayo
          
              Mabuhay 

                  Namaste 

Hej, her kan du se en del af mit univers om, hvordan et begrænset dansk sprog har presset mig til at udtrykke mig selv gennem billeder og farver. Her kan du se, hvordan jeg har prøvet at forholde mig til verdens begivenheder og relatere mine reflektioner og overvejelser til min kristne tro.
 
Her er vinduet til mit hjerte som en fremmed i det danske samfund. Her er min måde at overleve med værdighed og glæde. Jeg er meget glad for at denne hjemmeside kan bruges til et forum om, hvordan vi forstår livet og vores fælles ansvar for livet, for vores medmennesker og for vores fælles jord.

Elizabeth

Hi, let me write some lines here for the sake of those who cannot understand Danish. This website is my  new attempt to share to the open world what I have done with my hands. Painting is a new interest that has caught my attention only during my time here  in Denmark. I think it is because I felt so frustrated with the difficulty of the Danish language, that I had to find another way of communicating in order to express myself. Painting, I should say, has been my catharsis.  I am really glad that through it, I am  able to express my thoughts and reflections on situations and events affecting us all, and relate these to my Christian faith. 

This website contains also some of my poems in both Danish and English, some songs that I wrote and have sung to some gatherings and occasions in churches and certain organizations. Here are photos  of my family and friends, reporting on some seminars/summercamps and newsletters, presentation about my home country, and a write-up on  my way of looking at the cultural differences between Philippines and Denmark.Here I also write the projects in my home island which my family and I are involved in. Sale of my paintings goes to the support of these projects. 

 I invite you to take time to see and read and if there is something you think is interesting, I hope you can drop a word in my guestbook or send me an  e-mail. I am also open to invitations to sing, exhibit paintings or speak on certain issues that concern the church, integration and reconciliation. Contact me if you think there is a painting you wish to buy.

bethpadillo@gmail.com
tel. 43 53 53 49

Udstillinger(Exhibitions):

2003
Brøndby Strand    Kultur Week-end                            Juni   
Christiansfeld        Bibliotek                                         February-marts

2005
Herlev                    Sognehuset                                 October-November
Ryesgade               Fredens Kirke 
             Tværkulturelt Center  Konference                   November
København            
Kingos Kirke                                                             December-January

2006
Kolding  Bibliotek  GalleriKolding                                August-september
Christiansfeld        Menighedshuset                           October-december
Århus                   Tværkulturelt Center                    November
Horsens                Sognehuset                                 December 
                             

2007
Kolding              DanskeBank                                     Januar - marts
Fredericia          Skt.Michaels  Sognehuset                    Februar-marts
København         Tværkulturelt Centers Konference       Marts
Haderslev            Sprogskole                                      April    
Herning (Messe Center) IMs Årsmøde                           Juni
Germany             Bierstadsts Jubileum                        Juni-juli
Haderslev            Sognehuset                                     September-okt.
København          TCs  Konference                               November

2008
Kolding         Brandkjærkirken                                     Januar-februar
Kolding         KUC (Kolding Uddannelses Center)             Januar-februar
Christiansfeld Bibliotek                                                Marts
Kolding         Simon Peters Kirke                                  Marts- maj 
Christiansfeld   Danske Bank                                         Juni -juli
Odense          Munkebjerg Kirke                                   Okt 12-Dec. 12
Christiansfeld  Christiansfeld Bibliotek                            Oktober-November
Århus             Tværkulturelt Center  (3 mødesteder)       November (week-end)
                         -Gellerup Kirke
                         - Helligånd Kirke
                          -Indre Missions Stjernehus

2009

Århus             Christians Kirke                                       January- Marts
Odense           Hjalasse    Kirke                                      January-Feb. 17
København       Fredens Kirke                                         March 13-14
Christiansfeld   Gudruns rundfest                                    March
Kolding            Elisa`s graduation                                    March 27
København       Kafe /Nazaret Kirke                                 March-April
Christiansfeld    Menighedshuset (Elses fest)                     April   
Århus               Helligåndskirke                                       Juni
Odder              DanskOase                                             July
Thisted            Familie Konference                                 August
Købehavn         Jubileaum af IKC                                     September
Haderslev         Kulturhuset, Bispen (Biblioteket)               November 16-Dec.6

2010
Fredericia       IMs hovedkontor                                    January- April
København      Tværkulturelt Centers konference            March (1-21)
København      Nazareth Kirkens Kafe                             March- May
Nørreport        IKC (International Christian Center
                      Bethesda)                                            March- April
Odder             OASE Summer Camp                               July 17-23
Århus              LMF sommerlejr                                    July 24-29
Thy                Slægt Konference                                  August
Århus              Konference                                          November

2011

Kolding          Simon Peters Kirke                                August October
Copenhagen    Fredens Kirke                                      November
Amager           Apostolsk Kirke                                    November-December
Kolding          Kolding Uddannelses Center                    November-January 

2012
Kolding            Kolding Uddannelses Center (KUC)       January-February
Fredens Kirke   Tværkulturelt Center                         March

Kontakt personer af udstillinger:

1. Dorethe,    Herlev
2. Birthe Munck-Fairwood- Århus/København- Tværkulturelt Center
3. Arne Kappelgaard, København
4. Ingrid Smidt,   Fredericia
5. Erna og Hans Peltzer, Germany
6. Helle Noer,       Herni
7. Birte Tange Lauridsen, Sognehuset, ved Gl.   
                           Haderslev Kirke
8. Birgitte Molin, Simon Peters Kirke, Kolding
9. Signe Brixen,   Brændkjærkirken, Kolding
10. Paul Fradsen   KUC, Kolding Uddannelses Center, Kolding
11. Præst Henrik Johannessen, Munkebjerg Kirke, Odense
12. Præst Bente Hjul  Johannessen,Hjallase Kirke, Odense
13. Daniel   Ettrup Larsen, Christians Kirke , Århus
14. Stigne                      Helligåndskirke, Århus
15. Michael                   Oase udvalgt, Århus
16. Else Groot, Focolare
17. Jørgen, Indre Missionshus Hovedkvarter,  Fredericia
18. Kai and Thomas    International Christian Center in Bethesda, Nørreport
19. Karin Morgensen/ Else Marie, LMF

A dining table is  a symbol of fellowship. Here we are nurtured to nourish our body. Here we have learned to share our thoughts and listen to others`s stories. Here we are made to listen to a simple prayer of thanks to the Creator, the Maker of our lives and the Sustainer, who grants that fruits from the labor of our hands on the farms and our working places,  may enable us to have food  available on our common table.

Here is our table when we rejoice when one is born into the family and this is the same table where we sit together and eat, once  one among whom we dearly love,  leaves us or dies.

Life is short and very delicate. One has to take care of it and enjoy every moment that is lived. 


 

A table as  a rich symbol of fellowship

Gathering around a table opens possibility for dialogue, for interchange of ideas, for listening ears and open hearts. I find a table a good symbol of fellowship. I think Jesus on his last day has left to us a good legacy of building fellowships with one another. We need to have time to agree to sit down around a table, time to share ideas and dreams, time to enjoy the grace to be listened to and the power to come up with an idea or agenda to be talked about. But let those who sit around this table be aware of  the presence of that Invisible One who has, first of all, invited us to dine around His table of remembrance.