We’re adverse creatures. Adverse to … pain. hardship. suffering. loss. difficulty. Practice avoidance. Skirt the issue. Run away. But perhaps our lives depend on…. Something else entirely. Today, we continue walking the vines in the Scouting the Divine online summer...
I want you to meet my new beekeeping friend, Lissa Magnuson. She spent years apprenticing for a beekeeper named, Gary (Different from the Gary in the Scouting The Divine Book and Bible study we’re diving into this summer!). She soon started her own farmer’s market...
I asked my sweet friend, the Rev. H. Elizabeth Back, an Episcopal priest and beekeeper to share what she’s discovered God through her beehive. I hope her words will be as much of a blessing to you as they are me: Jesus first made himself known to me when I was four...
People often use the word “season” to describe their lives. I’m in a . . . good season hard season painful season I’m in a . . . season of change season of new growth season of waiting season of loss season of blessing season of dealing with my junk season of healing...
Well-told stories capture the imagination, inspire the soul, awaken the spirit. Well-crafted stories can also cast a dark shadow, embed prejudices, invoke enmity. Like dynamite, a well-devised story requires careful handling, great attention to detail, accurate...
It’s not too late to join the kick off the Scouting the Divine online summer Bible study (Lifeway). We kicked off on Monday, June 15th with the first session and diving into the meaning behind the more than 700 references to sheep, shepherding, and flocks throughout...
