Fifteen years ago, in a faraway land, I used to write stories of living and teaching in southwestern Germany. I’d write them here, little anecdotes from the tiny world in which I lived. In the beginning, it was called, quite descriptively, “Kristi Is Teaching in Germany.” Like anyone raising financial support as a missionary in…
Tag: gardening
Plums and Other Not-Problems
I can’t say the Italian plum tree was top of mind when we moved in, back in April. Leafless and lacy against the back fence, it was first a trunk from which to hang one end of the hammock, then soon after played host to a cloud of pink-write blossoms. Not so many blossoms, though,…
Of Raspberries and Resurrection
Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. John 12:24 (NASB) I really did think the raspberry bush was dead. I’m not the primary gardener in our family; that’s my husband, the garden visionary, shopper, planter,…
The Way Home 