by Carole Duff | Mar 17, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
My journey in the past few days has been defined by a flu-like bug. Slow recovery like the first signs of spring here at Vanaprastha. A quiet journey rather than the drama we often read about. A biblical journey Take Elijah. Queen Jezebel had said she would kill...
by Carole Duff | Mar 10, 2025 | Faith |
“Let’s go with the writing prompt, PURSUE,” Five Minute Friday founder Kate Motaung said in her email. Kate had invited me to write a featured guest post for March, since I’m a regular FMF participant. “Could you please send me your five-minute...
by Carole Duff | Mar 3, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
“Poor things,” I muttered, “all because of the original sin.” I was clearing dead leaves from struggling herbs in pots and ground cover in landscape beds. We use the word “original” to refer to something existing from the beginning, as in an original...
by Carole Duff | Feb 24, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
It’s easy to worship God and praise Him for the beauty of His creation, even when it’s cold and there’s snow on the ground. It’s also easy to worship idols, often without realizing that’s what we’re doing. Today, reflections on worship from David Zahl, David Foster...
by Carole Duff | Feb 10, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
We woke last Thursday morning to lightning, thunder, wind, and the tic-tic-tic of sleet and freezing rain—unwanted noise. Then on Saturday morning, another round of sleet, as pictured here, and snow is predicted for tomorrow. The silence of falling snow can be very...
