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Created to Bloom in Winter

Camellias, holly trees, and pansies are beautiful plants that love cold weather. These outdoor winter flowers can brighten your garden while blooming houseplants add color and vibrancy indoors. Why do some flowers bloom in winter? According to the all-knowing internet (ahem) certain plant species have evolved to successfully reproduce by […]

Our Budding Potential

I drip with sweat from every pore as I labor in my garden this summer, knowing that with every detoxifying droplet, I am creating a thing of beauty. Time in my vegetable and flower beds has produced (see how I did that?) thoughts on buds. Every plant has that beginning […]

You’re God’s Dear Deer

I dreamt of deer last night. Deer are elusive creatures, so dreaming of deer means good things are coming. In it’s simplest form, deer symbolize the joys of loving Christ intimately (Song of Songs 2:7). Their elusive nature makes them mysterious. Whereas cardinals, robins, doves and other birds are commonly […]

Call Me Myrtle

I want to be called Myrtle. You read that right. God has a sense of humor. The prophet Jeremiah in chapter 31 tells a woman to not gad about. Gad about? Who talks like that? So I look it up. A gadabout is a habitual pleasure-seeker. Synonyms are traveler, globetrotter or […]

Festival of Light- Hanukkah Day 1

Hanukkah or Chanukah — the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of the 25th of the Jewish month of Kislev — celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality. These eight devotions on the subject of light were written in […]

Handwriting on the Wall

Imagine a party – plenty of wine drinking and unlimited alcohol, music and sensuality. A raucous good time! Everyone feels buzzed and happy; laughter and merriment permeate the atmosphere. They drink and joke around until a disembodied hand begins writing on the palace wall. Screams rip the smiles from faces […]