He is God and I am Not
I am not a gardener and I have no idea how to be one. I’ve never owned a plant, I don’t buy flowers and given a choice, I like my vegetables pre-washed and bagged. I have no doubt that I could kill a cactus simply by bringing it within a six feet radius of my […]
The Work of the Trowel
Holidays often find me with my hands in the dirt. My host city’s religious culture is split three ways. This means a variety of temples/places of worship, worldviews, and prayer habits. It also means a whole lot of holidays. Add national holidays on top of it, and it can almost become a hard place for […]
On Soil and Seeds
Recently I turned over the soil in our garden, pulling out the large weeds, and found a piece of glass. I immediately snatched it up, lest one our children run over it with bare feet, as they do here in South Africa. Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and so I was preparing our […]
This Week’s Theme: Cultivate
Sometimes we need to let go, surrender, before the Father can cultivate and grow what He wants in us. Cultivation is that process of preparing the soil for planting, working the ground to be the best it can be for a bountiful harvest. Our hearts need this cultivation process too. What has God been “digging […]