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Category: Growing In Faith

A Witness – Embers from the Fire

July 29, 2022
A Witness – 7/29/2022 The weather is threatening again today because of it being very hot and very humid and the expected convergence of both a warm and cold front […]

Deepened Truth – Embers from the Fire

July 22, 2022
Deepened Truth – 7/22/2022 I caught the doe by surprise a couple of weeks ago.  I had awoken earlier than normal.  My wife refers to even to my normal rising […]

Evening Prayer – Embers from the Fire

July 14, 2022
Evening Prayer – 7/15/2022 There is just a slight chop on the water as I slip into my kayak and push off of shore; it’s really just a little more […]

Rockwelled – Embers from the Fire

July 8, 2022
Rockwelled – 7/8/2022 I know that he isn’t represented in the Louvre, but he does have artwork in the Smithsonian. He is certainly not highbrow, but I proudly claim Norman […]

Sun and Shade – Embers from the Fire

June 24, 2022
Sun and Shade – 6/24/2022 Perhaps there is no starker example of immediate contrast than sun and shade.  By immediate, I mean that they are so near to each other […]

So Much Fluff – Embers from the Fire

June 16, 2022
So Much Fluff – 6/17/2022 I noticed the bird perched in my backyard linden tree.  Suddenly he plunged toward earth, his feet closed around his prey as he took it […]

Beauty – Embers from the Fire

June 10, 2022
Beauty – 6/10/2022 One of my wife’s favorite flowers is a yellow rose.  We have a newly planted one in our yard.  It was a retirement gift for her from […]

Next Step – Embers from the Fire

June 2, 2022
Next Step – 6/3/2022 This past week my youngest granddaughter, Molly, finally decided that she didn’t have to drop back down to her hands and knees to get across the […]

“Buen Camino” – Embers from the Fire

May 25, 2022
“Buen Camino” – 5/27/2022 Three years ago, this very week, I was part of a pilgrimage group walking the final 120 kilometers of the Camino de Santiago, or the Way […]