So yesterday I ate our second harvest of broccoli- but before you get impressed by that, let me tell you the crop was disappointing. After the hours of planning, preparing and planting, the garden has been producing very little. The problem this year has been flooding- in JULY. We had a couple days of hard rain [...]
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An amazing story of love. Please watch all three segments- you won’t regret it. HT: The Avenue I’d like to recommend these posts to you if you are new to my Little Plot series. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes (Solomon) reminds us: For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: As my wife and I plan this season’s garden, we each have different tasks and dreams. My wife primarily thinks of harvest: What do we want from the garden? How much from the garden? I think in terms of gettin’er done: Where do I plant? When do I plant? How can I use my space [...] Everything we are and have has been given to us by God- our life, time, possessions, relationships… everything. God gives us these things as gift and task. In this post, I will speak of these things briefly as task, but on Friday I will post on these things as gift. Since we are in the [...] Fr. Stephen is a former Anglican priest who converted to Orthodoxy. He always has some good things to say, but often he says some very profound things. There is much to commend to you in Orthodox thought, especially their Biblical view of creation. The following link is a great example of something that is both [...] Q. What is the chief end of man? This is the first question and answer in the Westminster Shorter Catechism. All Christians; Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Evangelical, Reformed, Pentecostals, and even, dare I say… Baptists (!) should commit this to memory and teach it to [...] My first thought for this blog was “My Little Plot”. But as my wife pointed out, this is way too close to My Little Pony, and to avoid mockery, I adapted. “Plot” is usually taken two ways: a garden, or a story. I intend for it to be about both, and taken literally and figuratively. This [...] |
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