What is it about celebrating the birth of Jesus that urges us to give cookies, cakes, and breads to neighbors, friends, …
Glimpse the Feast
A chance glance at a different translation of the Parable of the Talents has me delighted with deeper understanding, and …
Red Sea Recipe
Pentecost and Feast of Weeks festivities are taking place this weekend, the Christian and Jewish celebrations layered …
Strengthen Me with Raisins, Refresh Me with Apples
Raisins and apples are versatile, old-favorite fruits from the fall harvest to sweeten holiday meals. Of course, they …
Fill the World with Fennel
Fill the world with fennel…at least that’s what God’s plan feels like in our summer garden! Our few fall seedlings and …
Fall Colors in Bible-to-Garden Lentil Stew
We can take a Bible to the garden? Please do!!Plant fall-colored flavors for Lentil Stew!! Though I have yet to grow …
Monica’s Mint Mocktails
This mint mocktails-garden story begins at summer’s start, when I had a late night text from my friend Monica that every …
Confessions in Cucumber Salad
Cultivating cucumbers this summer? Two of our three cucumber vines recently succumbed to the stress of our brutal heat, …
40 Cloves of Garlic: A Chicken Recipe & A Poem
Is it just me, or does a recipe calling for 40 cloves of garlic just sing of wandering in the Sinai? When my mother …
A Lenten Look at Trees: Palm
A Lenten Look at Trees features seven tree species, a sweeping journey from the Garden of Eden to palm’s Sunday …
Garden Broth
This time of year, with chilling temperatures steeped in spring's arrival, gardeners are eager to get back to gardening, …
The Great Apple-Apricot Debate
Admittedly only Biblical botanical plant geeks debate such things as whether "apples" in Scripture were actually …