My grandma always scolded, “Never pray for patience, because God will give you opportunities to practice.” Now before you get images of a sweet timid little Mennonite woman knitting in a rocker, you have to imagine a frontierswoman, in the eastern plains of Colorado, planting wheat one moment and cutting the head off of a […]
We are removed from the seasons. With the exception of farmers and gardeners who grow their own food, the rest of us depend on the grocery store. We can buy our tomatoes in February, gather together our fruits and vegetables from all over the world and carry them home to our heated houses. It doesn’t […]
22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding […]
“Mom,” our eight year old said in a serious tone, “this is kind of like a zombie apocalypse, but without the zombies.” We finally decided to take the kids somewhere away from our house to ride bikes on a trail after more than a week of staying home. They felt like they were breaking the […]
