Raisins and apples are versatile, old-favorite fruits from the fall harvest to sweeten holiday meals. Of course, they …
Seedtime and Harvest
It is officially fall, and the hope of harvest is upon us! Figs and the other fall fruits fill gathering baskets and all …
One More Year: Parable of the Fig Tree
How excited I was to enjoy the exotic fruits of our fig tree this week – complete with a Bible lesson, of course! The …
Parable of the Sower Revival Prayer Guide
Our Lord left us with a seed story, revealing the importance of a heart that is like healthy soil, ready to receive …
Find Garden Hope in Christ
Finding Garden Hope has been our pursuit through these Lenten weeks, and now we arrive at the heart of our obsession: …
Find Garden Hope for Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday celebrated this weekend ushers us into a poignant moment of hope-answered praise for our Savior. Let’s set …
Find Garden Hope in Spring
Finally the big day is here, the first day of spring, March 20th. Does your garden agree with the calendar? Even recent …
Find Garden Hope in Waiting
By definition hope involves waiting, because what we hope for is what we are looking ahead to — what will be happening …
Find Garden Hope in Abraham
How do we find garden hope in Abraham? For starters, his is a seed story! How many of us have seed catalogs spread …
Hidden Hope in Esther
Tonight begins the celebration of Purim—a doomed, dark day in the history of the Jewish people transformed into the most …
Find Garden Hope in Psalm 146
Our journey to find garden hope begins in Psalm 146—in hopeless places. These Words lead us into life’s deepest sorrows, …
The Crown Year
Our year concludes in movements of contending and persevering: are you as eager as I am to see all that has happened to …