How the truths of Scripture change the way I live
I woke in the night to the deep reverberations of distant gunfire and bombing—felt like I was in a war zone. Once I’d righted the situation by getting up and asking our night owl to turn the bass speaker down, it occurred to me, I am living in a war zone. Our struggle may not […]
Yellowstone is an amazing place–thermal wonders everywhere. It’s not just about seeing Old Faithful ‘geys’…though hundreds gather every hour and a half for this roughly predictable event. Raw power unleashed–it may be predictable but not controllable. For me the greater wonder is in the unpredictable geysers that catch you unawares. You’re just idling along down […]
Some love an orderly, symmetrical, and tidy garden where the gardener is clearly in control. Others, a wild cottage garden where the flowers seem to run the show. I am the wild one, which is a challenge to defend when the man of the house prefers a more controlled look… But today I stumbled upon […]
As you may have guessed my mystery bud (See: “What will it be?” 6/15/09) was in fact a Lily! It surely did not spring from any seed I planted. And now I recall there was a birthday lily last fall and when it dropped its bloom and began to decline it was tossed, pot and all, […]
I woke thinking about a story I read yesterday–the one about the ten lepers who were cleansed on their way to show themselves to the priest. Only one came back to thank Jesus (and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet besides!), at which Jesus responded–‘where are the nine? Was no one found but […]