While I am struggling with not knowing what I can do to help the Ukrainian people in their trial by fire with Russia and Satan himself, Vladimir Putin, I have been praying fervently for them and hope, in some small way, that my financial contribution through Lutheran World Relief and a small candle company in Door County, Wisconsin will help make their country better, brighter, and safer. It snowed again last night, and I’m seeing pristine white covering my yard. …..
God sees our homes as holy and sacred. The people of those homes may be different but the importance of home is not. In the Garden of Eden, Adam was given the job of naming all of the animals, birds, and insects, but he asked God for mate for himself. God created the perfect mate and companion for Adam by taking one of Adam’s ribs to make Eve. Thew family was God’s idea from the very beginning in that a…..
A while ago, I wrote about my tree of life, my blue spruce pine tree that I planted twelve years ago in front of my home. I have beautiful gardens around my property, each with a tree or two to accentuate the themed-garden. That blue spruce is now gone, as well as another blue spruce pine tree, an autumn blaze maple tree, and two crab apple trees, all of which were victims of the bad storm we had at the…..
