When Buying Seeds…

Be sure to read the description! While the rest of the world is posting about daffodils, we here in the Dakotas are still discussing inches of snow, below zero, and blizzard warnings.  This is just the time of year that Jung Seed sends out its second catalog as a reminder that spring will indeed come,Continue reading “When Buying Seeds…”

April Showers

By the time you read this, it will be May Day. We will have had our April showers, and I will be thinking about what and how and when to plant my garden.  Watching the rain fall outside the window, I have alternately thought about the gloomy children in The Cat in the Hat andContinue reading “April Showers”

Perspective

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I ask the ten-year-old in my Sunday school class. “A teacher.” There’s a short pause after my slightly distracted, “Oh, that’s nice.” Then, she says, “But really, I just want God to come back.” This gets my attention. I know she’s talking about Jesus. “HowContinue reading “Perspective”

Take a Stab at Doubt

The Gospel writers all take a stab at doubt. As they write about life, they put doubt to death.  A policeman in my community once told me, “You know its Spring when the first stabbing of the year happens.” I would rather think about chicks and bunnies, but his point was that people who canContinue reading “Take a Stab at Doubt”