HeyJaredGrowing Edges: Reflections on Faith and Life
Reflections on faith, spirituality, life's paths and sustenance.
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Heartfelt gratitude (opens the original)
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Recently I took this photo while visiting a church in Maine. It has beautiful color and theme, but most importantly, on the bottom it reads: A Thank Offering from a Grateful Heart. The legacy of the person who donated this stained glass window lives on. It proclaims its message not with names, as many memorial windows often have, nor inscriptions like “in memory of” or “given by.” But what this window conveys is the gratitude of someone who has known the presence of God. I believe it is someone
A Tale of Two Tomatoes (opens the original)
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This year I decided to minimalize my vegetable garden from years past. I bought a cedar planter, 18 x 48 inches, which sits about 3 1/2 feet from the ground to add to my garden space. This holds a sungold cherry tomato plant, 2 pepper plants, and two basil plants. In addition, I planted sunflowers, a second sungold cherry tomato plant, 2 more basil plants, one zucchini, and one kale plant in my square foot gardens.Since the pandemic, I have also been doing two other things. First, I go to a week
Discovering the Summer I Never Knew (opens the original)
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As a child, I really didn’t like summer. I loved school and did well at school. So, to be away from friends and academic challenges was very hard. In my small rural town it felt like summer lasted FOREVER. It also meant I, as the oldest, had to often watch over my younger brothers. Yuck.I can remember being so bored that I found myself enjoying the Red Sox broadcasts on black and white television. In the 1960’s there were many day games, and the Red Sox were absolutely TERRIBLE. I would mathemat
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