Nature Study
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Glimpses of Spring
I’ve been mulling over what to do with my nature blog. It has been about nine months since I posted anything there. I’m thinking of trying to import the content to Across the…
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Caterpillar Cogitations
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked.…
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Bagged
See who was in our garden today, enjoying the shade under the beans and tomatoes. Thus my older daughter found yet another use for her butterfly net: We let the little guy go…
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Nature’s Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith
Recently a question occurred to me: what if the way we read the Bible is all wrong? Typically we approach it with the idea that the world was perfect until humans messed it…
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Restorers
Also, although what “image of God” means in its fullest biblical witness may be open for discussion, in Genesis it does not refer to a soul or a psychological or spiritual quality that…
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Hardy Winter Citizens
My header images these days contain pictures of the birds that come to our feeders. I thought I’d do a post that matches up the images with their species. There are currently eight…
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Morning Reflections
This morning I went for an early morning walk. This young red-tailed hawk was perched in a tree beside the road, and it was easy to spot. The morning sun struck its white…
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Book Sale Bounty
This week is the annual Penguin Putnam book sale here in my town. It means a whole warehouse filled with new books, sold at discount prices. I went on Saturday, the first day,…
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Monarch Farewell
Mike Monarch turned out to be Michelle, given the absence of black spots on the wings. She hatched today while we were out; we returned home to find her flapping impatiently in her…
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The Birds Our Teachers
“Many Christians have a good doctrine of redemption, but need a better doctrine of creation,” writes John Stott at the start of The Birds Our Teachers. Because God reveals himself in his works,…