Shaken to the Core
“We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.” – Charles West, Princeton Theological Seminary
Invasion of the Mustard Plants!
Unlike most city kids from the 1970’s, I grew up with a garden. My father watched Euell Gibbons one winter and that spring we were clearing the brambles and briars from a vacant lot next to our house in preparation for our first garden. Dad purchased an enormous tiller, and began turning the earth. We planted seeds, indoors and out, each year for our garden. My sister and I tended our own plot: I took the tomatoes and she took the peppers.
Body of Christ
In the musical, Les Miserables, Fantine sings “I Dreamed a Dream.” The song is the story of how her life went astray, how her path became so muddled that she lost her way.