Pruning
This spring, I have done more pruning than ever before. Pulling away what is dead is one thing but cutting down what is alive is quite another thing. The rose bushes cut down to their knees, the cypress trees as far up as I could reach, the blueberry and butterfly bushes down to my knees. […]
Left to Grace – Apr. 20, 2021
Whatever is foreseen in joymust be lived out from day to day.Vision held open in the darkby our ten thousand days of work.Harvest will fill the barn; for thatthe hand must ache, the face must sweat.And yet no leaf or grain is filledby work of ours; the field is tilledand left to grace. That we […]
Grow Up! – Nov. 19, 2020
We must no longer be children, tossed to and froand blown about by every wind of doctrine,by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.But speaking the truth in love,we must grow up in every way into him who is the head,into Christ.(Ephesians 4:14-15)
Something Beyond Gratitude – May 15, 2020
“Something beyond gratitude is asked of us. The berries trust that we will uphold our end of the bargain and disperse their seeds to new places to grow, which is good for berries and for boys. They remind us that all flourishing is mutual. We need the berries and the berries need us. Their gifts […]
