Prayers Blog Posts
Under Water
As I strolled around my yard inspecting which perennials were showing the signs of spring greenery at their roots, I thought of how many of our behaviors stay hidden under layers until a change in circumstances brings them out.
Sacrificial Sowing
This title probably has a spiritual connotation for you with the assumption you’re about to read some deep meditation. In a way you’re right, because our creator has a purpose for each and every plant in its biosphere!
Orange Pound Cake
I enjoy experimenting with making different versions of an old fashioned pound cake, especially since I have fresh eggs everyday from my chickens.
Gifting
What?!?! A pile of dirt for a Valentine’s gift? You’re kidding, right?!?!
Lasagna Gardening?
Gone are the days of tilling the lawn to create a new flower and/or vegetable bed!
I’m From Lebanon, Land of Milk and Honey
I’m from the land of balconies and terraces….
Winter Respite
Even as I’m vacuuming up and shredding the fallen leaves (winter arrives late in Texas), the buds of the next season’s blooms are pushing their way through the baren branches.
Chard and Lentil Soup
As I’ve said many times before, I plan our meals around what vegetables are in season and what is growing in my backyard.
Dismantling and Reconstruction
Watch out for being shackled to your own convictions instead of devotion to God, the embodiment of love.
“Screaming” Prayers
I woke last Sunday morning with an old hymn running through my head. However, I only remembered the words in Arabic, the worship language of my childhood.