Oft times unnoticed a switch is thrown: "ON!" and things begin to happen... Robins are back buds are swelling and the grass begins to grow faster, and faster, and faster! Winter's brown is pushed aside and green grows the earth the carpet is alive! the grass drinks in the sun and suckles on the soil [...]
The farm, well mechanized, has lots of tires, lots of motors, and lots of shifting transmissions, shifting gears As seasons shift so must we to match our efforts to changing tasks Winter has us pondering computing and thinking How to make the numbers work Changing prices, inputs and outcomes, somehow we need more 'leftover' [...]
> Indeed there are tears of sorrow shaking us in our core spontaneously erupting After all Jesus wept Peter wept The mothers and those who loved Him wept Death sometimes swallows not just the deceased but those who go on living in the deep dark shadows of separation touch stolen living and breathing but not [...]
The setting a terminal moraine south of Philo center of the universe for an interesting group of people A clearing in the woods just happened as trees have been planted over thirty years passing But a just right space on a just right summer's day as the setting for beauty unfolded A bride, a [...]
Looking back on half a century and the time and season of planting I can bear witness, I think to something said to me back at the beginning: "Holy Week the weather's always troublesome!" How about 48 out of 50? That's how often I wanted to plant but weather intervened. This year's no exception! [...]
Some two thousand years ago a parade of folks was moving urged along by a star A star above, Bethlehem, small town Israel plain people, none of note But along came a couple wife a young mother to be husband a good sort of fellow and the baby came in a stable Born in [...]
Two times I saw grandpa cry First time was at Camp Butler His only heir was being buried the casket lowering into the grave the pale blue eyes were flooded he was so quiet The whole place, big cemetery was quiet too. A sob was heard here and there as folks remembered him the [...]
Camp Butler, National Cemetery, home to fallen soldiers and wives sees a stream of folks coming gathering for solemn ceremonies followed by volleys of rifle shots the whole graced with tears Widows with children stand and watch, listen kind words spoken then flag folded purposefully and handed to her a gift from a grateful [...]
Games have their moments In volleyball it's a spike the ball sizzling straight to the floor and a score Yea! All right! and in basketball when an arm arks down and the ball is slammed through the net Swoosh! Yea! All right! Doesn't life carry those moments too? In a movie theatre somewhere a [...]
The wrenching of cold Broken, crashed, by Easter! It was mankind broken at its worst celebrating in evil unjust accusations warped trial a sentence all wrong the season of "Hosanna!" gone wrong No surprise the earth shook no surprise the sky darkened they won He died But! God had a plan much bigger than man [...]