I am blessed to live with someone who loves to garden and has a talent for making beautiful places.  My part is to do a little dead-heading, and offer ideas, and appreciate what he has done.  What a deal! Today I was eating my morning cereal while rocking gently on the lawn swing, listening to [...]

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I have an assignment to write a short story themed on “love.”  What a huge topic!  How can I say anything new about it?  How can I come up with a story that is not smarmy and trite?  The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that everything is love – [...]

Posted in Epiphany, Love, The Human Condition2 Comments » - Tags: Christianity, creation, God, human condition, love, nature

Driving over to church today, we passed a dead skunk by the side of the road.  It occurred to me that skunks are really quite pretty animals, with their shiny black fur and crisp white stripes.  Then, of course, I thought of their smell.  As far as I know, there is no creature that likes, [...]

Posted in Inter-Species Relationships6 Comments » - Tags: Christianity, God, human condition, love, nature

I used to spend time just sitting and thinking.  Did you?  I’d get a cup of tea, and lounge on the sofa, and stare out the window.  All kinds of thoughts would flow through my mind.  Soon, I would notice something beautiful – the way light bounced around among leaves blown by a breeze; or [...]

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Driving Up-Valley today, I was struck afresh by the advent of spring.  Everywhere were green grasses, green trees, green hedges, even green weeds.  So much green!  God must love that color, since he has made so many shades, and apportioned them so liberally over His earth, and planted that same love in the hearts of His [...]

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