John 15:1-8 I pulled my dad’s old garden shovel out of the shed yesterday. I needed to spread some new dirt around in my garden beds as I start to think about planting for another season. And I thought to myself about how something as simple as an old shovel whose handle has been worn …
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The Vine and Branches: On Music, Microbes and Memory
John 15:1-8 As I was driving across town this morning with a whole host of thoughts competing for my attention, this song came on the radio. “Pray” is performed by Sam Smith. As you can hear, the lyrics tell a story as old as time itself. It is a song of repentance and of yearning …
The Vine and the Branches and My Ash Tree
John 15:1-8 I had to have my ash tree taken down last summer. It’s just a guess, of course, but it likely stood on that spot for more than a century. This means it would have pre-dated my house and all the other houses up and down my street. It would have taken root and …
The Vine and Core Strength
John 15:1-8 A few days ago in my exercise class we were asked to do mountain climbers at the same time we did planks while bracing our forearms on the stability ball. I expect even if you have no idea of what I’m talking about you can guess it wasn’t easy. For you see, my ‘core strength’, …