Harvesting a Life of Abundance
I usually love my group exercise class. The strength training routine is choreographed to ten tracks of music and almost makes working out fun. But in yesterday’s class, worry and a growing to-do list distracted me. I tried to follow the instructor, but I wasn’t fully present. As my thoughts wandered, I’d find myself off-beat. Instead of syncing with the… Read More
I wipe the bead of sweat trickling toward my eye before plunging my garden trowel into the fertile soil. Softened by a rain shower the night before, the ground is easily pliable. An earthworm slithers out of sight. Perfect conditions for setting out new rows of begonias. I inhale the musky scent, and God draws near. Glancing toward the baby… Read More
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works. Ephesians 2:10 ESV I didn’t see the crane when I first climbed onto the jetty. I stilled, so as not to startle him. The sandhill crane is a strange bird. His legs are a mile long and his neck isn’t much shorter. A patch of bald red skin… Read More
