Monthly Archives: October 2017

 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles … Continue reading →

O thou that hangedst on the tree Our curse and sufferings to remove, Pity the souls that look to thee And save us by thy dying love. We have no outward righteousness, No merits or good works to plead. We … Continue reading →

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.  In him the … Continue reading →

And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:22 “You too.”  Paul is writing to all the believers in Ephesus, an unusual assortment of people and cultures. … Continue reading →

We have a few salmon colored Fall iris plants.   In a way, they are special and catch the eye because they are late bloomers.  They rejoice the heart!

His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility…For through … Continue reading →

Growing along our chimney is the Fall beauty – the orange Pyracantha.  The berries are small but huge in their glory.  They punctuate our Fall, that is for sure.

For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to … Continue reading →

Just now our purple beans, whatever they are called, are blooming and forming six-inch long dark purple beans, truly marvelous.  Yesterday I snapped this cluster of blossoms.