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The perhaps of uncertainty, possible certainty, an conditional hope

The perhaps of uncertainty, possible certainty, an conditional hope

by Carole Duff | Jul 14, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 5 comments

Last week, I wrote about transformation, saying, “Perhaps the most dramatic transformation story in the Bible is Saul’s Road to Damascus experience: struck blind by a heavenly light after hearing the voice of Jesus, this devout persecutor of Christians...
Transform: cucumbers, God’s power in the world, minds, lives

Transform: cucumbers, God’s power in the world, minds, lives

by Carole Duff | Jul 7, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 6 comments

My cucumbers were failing to transform. Lots of vine growth and blossoms, but only one cucumber so far. And, I’ve been told, if you can’t grow cucumbers, you might as well give up gardening. Well, I am not much of a gardener but do like growing things.  So, to...
Circle in nature, relationships, and a life of faith

Circle in nature, relationships, and a life of faith

by Carole Duff | Jun 23, 2025 | Faith, Family, Nature | 4 comments

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. Isaiah 40:22 NIV The circle, without beginning or end, represents God’s eternal nature,...
Considering “extra” in nature and in what we have and do

Considering “extra” in nature and in what we have and do

by Carole Duff | May 19, 2025 | Faith, Nature | 2 comments

Extra cheese or features, extra special treatment or upgrades, extra work hours or party favors. According to Merriam-Webster, “Extra implies excess, surplus, something additional beyond what is expected or necessary. In Latin, extra means ‘outside’ or ‘beyond’…” A...
Fear will prove to be a snare, so prove all and hold onto good

Fear will prove to be a snare, so prove all and hold onto good

by Carole Duff | May 5, 2025 | Faith, Nature | 4 comments

As a gardener, I have nothing to prove: although I enjoy growing things, I’m just not very good at it. Some herbs and plants do well with vagarious me plus the soil, water, and sun here on the mountain, but others, such as the scraggly rosemary in the middle picture,...
Might as permission, request, strength, power, force or ability

Might as permission, request, strength, power, force or ability

by Carole Duff | Apr 28, 2025 | Faith, Nature | 0 comments

We might get rain later this week— the thirsting cucumbers, lettuce, Chard, kale, and tomato plants, plus the bean seeds underground and herbs in pots could sure use it, which in its spontaneity is far more effective compared to my routine hand watering. And so, I ask...
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