Sarafina planted the seed. We watered and fed them. We provided boundaries and support for most of the plants…sorry watermelons and pumpkins! Then there came the day where we could see the fruit being borne. The small green tomato, the small green
Last week I shared about Sarafina’s flowerpot garden. It was a labor of love for her but also for our family because we had to remember to regularly water the plants and pay attention to their needs. So, when the
Over the past few years, my daughter, Sarafina has talked about wanting to plant a garden at our house. Through an initiative of our local Farm Bureau and 4-H, she received some seeds to plant and one of the 4-H
In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jones is seeking the Holy Grail. As he discovers the cave where the Grail is located, there are a variety of puzzles he must undertake to successfully get to the room where
From the late 1940s until early 1960 there was a TV show called “Howdy Doody.” I was introduced to this marionette and show when a 40th Anniversary special was presented in the late 1980s. I remember the commercials announcing the special
There is a “bigger is better” complex created within the church where we believe obedience to the calling we deem larger is to be celebrated with greater fanfare than the smaller obedience of our lives. We begin to classify these
Every day as I prepare to leave the house, I place on my left hip a small black box: a pager. The pager is a direct connect to the 9-1-1 dispatch center in our county. If there is a fire
When writing a letter, I like to keep the content of the letter to one page on the front of the paper. I will often begin writing the letter with standard margins: one inch left, right, top, and bottom. This
A great feature of the Christian Ashram ministry is our desire to remove barriers that would keep us from fully experiencing fellowship with God, fellowship with others, and fellowship within ourselves. There are certain titles we use to establish barriers