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Category Archives: Nature
The Straightening
I remember watching, and sometimes helping, my father straighten up stalks of sweet corn that had been blown over by a storm. Continue reading →
The Glory of a Garden
Do you get excited about seeing seeds sprout in a garden? I rather imagine that God takes similar delight in watching our spiritual growth. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged bearing fruit, garden, planting, pleasing God, seeds, spiritual growth, sprouting
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Last Monday Morning in March
The first hard glare of a fireball sun
breaks out from behind a blue-slate cloud. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged beauty, dawn, Doniphan County KS, morning, northeast Kansas, spring
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God in the Tulips
From microscopic to galactic, our universe declares that it has been shaped by a God of Power and Beauty. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged creation as evidence, evidence of God, natural beauty, wonder of nature
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Moments of Glory
Amazing sunrises and unexpected calls from people we love provide us with glimpses of a glorious future. Continue reading →
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Tagged glory, great moments, special moments, spectacular sunrise, sunrise
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Signs and Wonders
I love the way wet snow shows which way the wind was blowing during the time of the storm–the way white holds to the windward side of fenceposts and tree trunks. How even dried thistle blooms are bearded with tufts … Continue reading →
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A Particular Moment
When you’re on the lookout for opportunities to do good, they usually show up! Continue reading →
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Tagged decency, forgiveness, kindness, opportunity, sunshine
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February Feeding in Northern Kansas
A twenty percent chance of freezing rain has left a slight gray glaze on this February morning… Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged caution, danger, dangerous situations, falling, feeding horses, horses, ice, slippery
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Reflections from My Seventh Decade
Nearing the end of my seventh decade, I am even more amazed by the abundance of evidence that depends my faith. Continue reading →
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Tagged beauty, belief, evidence of God, friends, testimony, witness
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In Praise of Worship
I have known many transcendent moments, experiences, and emotions but true, intimate, worship rises above all. Continue reading →
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Tagged company, dawn, friends, intimacy, joy, love, Music, pain, peace, sorrow
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