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Letting your Garden Rest
Ever heard, “Even a 5-year-old can do it!” Well, my 5-year-old grandson loves to get in my raised beds and help. But at the end of growing season, it’s time to clean things up a bit. If you’re in between growing seasons, it may be a good time to let your garden rest....
The Space Between: Hope in the Waiting
When I garden, I plan, plant, nurture and wait. In the waiting, I’m hoping soon to see blossoms on my plants. The blossom is the promise of fruit or flower in the days to come. There’s a tension in that waiting, when I’m hoping that my time in the dirt has paid off,...
Advent and my Christmas Cactus
“The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer At Christmastime, we think of the season of Advent. Advent means “the...
A Grand Gospel Hope
By Amelia Smith The older I get, the more I’m amazed that Jesus died for me. Moving into my sixth decade recently, I’ve become much more reflective of what really matters in life. Of course, spending this last year in social isolation due to the pandemic has...
Zoe’s Gospel Hope
Inspired by my children and grandchildren, my children’s book, Zoe’s Gospel Hope shares the gospel in rhyming text in an everyday conversation. I have a limited number of copies of my book if you want to contact me. You can also find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble...
Fiddlehead Ferns and the Hope of Spring
A brick pathway runs along one side of our home. Sandwiched between the brick sidewalk and the foundation of our home is a three-foot wide by thirty feet long garden of hydrangeas, gardenias, jasmine that has now wrapped itself nicely around the wrought iron railing...
