Recently I heard someone quip that if you are what you eat, most Americans are fast, easy, and cheap. But scarier than what we put into our mouths is what we put into our minds .— Marcellino D’Ambrosio Why do ...
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Farming and Faithfulness, part 4: There Is A Season
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Here in upstate New York living on the land necessarily means living seasonally. From April through October the work is outward, visible and ...
Read More »Farming and Faithfulness, part 3: The Worth of Weeds
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. — Romans 8:28 During my 12 years on this farm I’ve spent a lot of ...
Read More »Farming and Faithfulness, Part 2: Build Soil
Doing Christ-like actions must come from being a Christ-like person. At a time of crisis or decision we are not going to choose to perform a Christ-like action if we have not become people of faith, trust and love. Faithful ...
Read More »Farming and Faithfulness part 1: Permaculture
Sometimes he dug in his garden; again, he read or wrote. He had but one word for both these kinds of toil; he called them gardening. “The mind is a garden,” said he. –Victor Hugo, Les Miserables This winter, with ...
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