Most fruit does not like to be harvested early. Once picked, many like to be used immediately, although there are a few we can put in cold storage for short periods of ...
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When we look at the flowers and trees and grasses that surround us, it is easy to see what’s above the ground and to pay no attention to what’s underneath the surface of the ...
Read more: Our Roots Matter
The very idea of a pointing finger is offensive to many of us. It stands as an accusation of anger, an indicator of intimidation, or even a slap in the face, suggesting that we are inferior to the ...
Read more: God’s Pointing Finger
To find something beyond our own four walls is something many of us strive for and never find. Things get in our way, and each time we open the door to the outside world, we are pulled back by an ...
Read more: Our Great Adventure
To follow after Jesus is to shun all physical decorations and to refrain from any worldly involvement. We must dress in simple, bland fabrics and apply ourselves with all diligence to hard physical ...
Read more: Our Beautiful Adornments
Whites are the most notorious of fabrics to maintain to perfection. From white socks to white table linens, how can we get those pesky stains out? We scrub those grass marks, we pretreat that sauce ...
Read more: An Extra Cup of Bleach
Sometimes a boot is the best thing we can own. We need to think of the Texas style, the long-throated, jean-draped, pointy-toed boot that is durable for all occasions, from slipping easily into ...
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Visit any high school football game during the fall, and we will be treated to youthful athletic prowess beyond measure. We will also see fumbles and recoveries, simple actions that not only teach ...
Read more: Beating the Drums
Plant a summer garden, and we will know death, even as we see the green shoots of life reaching for the sun. The seed buried in the soil falls apart even as new life bursts forth. Those first leaves ...
Read more: The Death of Adam
When a great cat of the African wild apprehends a victim, the feline attacker often takes down a prey many times larger than she is. A number of skills enables her to do this, including cunning, ...
Read more: The Claws of the World
At a county fair, the big prize is the giant teddy bear. It’s the one we all want to go for. Shoot the most ducks, and take home the grand prize! Play the ring toss, and we could win the ...
Read more: The Consolation Prize
What makes the American Dream work? We speak of the opportunity to be whatever we want to be, to forge our own destinies, and to become self-made people. We stand tall in our success, and we want the ...
Read more: It Comes Down to Us
Most fruit does not like to be harvested early. Once picked, many like to be used immediately, although there are a few we can put in cold storage for short periods of ...
Read more: Left on the Vine
When we look at the flowers and trees and grasses that surround us, it is easy to see what’s above the ground and to pay no attention to what’s underneath the surface of the ...
Read more: Our Roots Matter
The very idea of a pointing finger is offensive to many of us. It stands as an accusation of anger, an indicator of intimidation, or even a slap in the face, suggesting that we are inferior to the ...
Read more: God’s Pointing Finger
To find something beyond our own four walls is something many of us strive for and never find. Things get in our way, and each time we open the door to the outside world, we are pulled back by an ...
Read more: Our Great Adventure
To follow after Jesus is to shun all physical decorations and to refrain from any worldly involvement. We must dress in simple, bland fabrics and apply ourselves with all diligence to hard physical ...
Read more: Our Beautiful Adornments
Whites are the most notorious of fabrics to maintain to perfection. From white socks to white table linens, how can we get those pesky stains out? We scrub those grass marks, we pretreat that sauce ...
Read more: An Extra Cup of Bleach