Spring Bling

I love snow and skiing, but after a long winter, I savor the brief, balmy spring days before the mosquitoes start biting. This year we’ve taken many hikes, feeling the bumpy ground gradually softening beneath our soles. We match our footwear to the ascending temperatures and descending precipitation levels, progressing from boots to shoes to…

Racing through the Seasons

Surrounded by the wilderness of northern Minnesota and southern Canada, I grew up as a child of absolutes. I could hardly have been anything else. Nature, and the One who moves her, is extremely orderly. By observing her, I gradually learned the rhythm of time, a march of the seasons mirroring the Creator’s immutability. I’m…