• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Book
  • Publications
  • Contact
Reflections on Original: the Garden, the Fall, and Sin

Reflections on Original: the Garden, the Fall, and Sin

by Carole Duff | Mar 3, 2025 | Faith, Nature | 2 comments

“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...
Everyone worships; the only choice is what to worship

Everyone worships; the only choice is what to worship

by Carole Duff | Feb 24, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 4 comments

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...
Why do we make a joyful noise unto the Lord if noise is unwanted?

Why do we make a joyful noise unto the Lord if noise is unwanted?

by Carole Duff | Feb 10, 2025 | Faith, Nature | 11 comments

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...
May the favor of God establish the work of our hands

May the favor of God establish the work of our hands

by Carole Duff | Jan 27, 2025 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading | 5 comments

“Would you do me a favor and pick up the mail when you pick up your chainsaw from the repair shop?” I asked Keith on Friday afternoon.  “Sure,” he said as he stroked Mac’s big head. Favor as an act of kindness I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly asking...
Make every effort to add to your faith goodness and knowledge

Make every effort to add to your faith goodness and knowledge

by Carole Duff | Jan 20, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 4 comments

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Meet Carole

Subscribe

Join my mailing list to receive posts delivered to your inbox AND access to my free resource!

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Your personal information is safe and will never be shared.

Let's Connect

Favorite Subjects

Tags

advent (13) American Shakespeare Center (20) Anne Lamott (8) Ann Voskamp (10) anxiety (7) Bethany Lutheran Church (93) C.S. Lewis (11) change (9) children (8) Christmas (28) dogs (70) dreams (8) faith (47) family (20) fear (7) Five Minute Friday (128) forgiveness (12) Gifts (8) grace (7) gratitude (7) humility (10) Leslie Leyland Fields (8) love (24) Maine (8) marriage (11) memoir (12) Michelle Van Loon (8) nature (14) Parker Palmer (7) prayer (7) Resolutions (7) Richard Rohr (49) Shakespeare (7) Snow (15) spring (7) teaching (7) Thanksgiving (12) The New Yorker (7) The Perennial Gen (30) The Sage Forum (11) trees (13) Vanaprastha (7) wisdom (12) WriterHouse (11) writing (46)

Let’s Connect

Sign up to receive updates delivered via email each week, and also free resources available ONLY to my subscribers!
Enter your email address and click “Subscribe.”

Success!

Subscribe

Your personal information is safe and will never be shared.

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

© CAROLE DUFF. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | MANAGED HOSTING BY FISTBUMP MEDIA, LLC