Reflect Gardeners know that, in order to grow healthy petunias, dead blossoms must be pinched off (dead-heading) in order to allow the plant’s energy to be directed toward new, healthy growth. In the rich and moving passage of John 15:1-17, Jesus used a horticultural image to lay out a fundamental understanding of the relationship between […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Deuteronomy 11:18-21 New Revised Standard Version 18 You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you […]