by Prasanta | May 31, 2011 | Beauty, Change, Faithfulness, Time
I often dream of living on some type of farm, with some land, a creek, plenty of trees, and maybe a few chickens so that it looks authentic. But so far, the closest I’ve come to farming is this garden, our biggest yet. Living in a suburban area on a plot without many...
by Prasanta | May 31, 2011 | Dreams, Eternity, Hope
We join a group of others who are waiting to see the interior of a grand old house. Walking inside, the guide leads us through the dining room and into the foyer. I am captured by the wooden carvings on the walls, staircase, built-in shelves. I run my finger along the...
by Prasanta | May 30, 2011 | One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
Before: After: Lifting hands in thankfulness for the following gifts this past week, #227-239: 227. a vegetable garden after a two-year break… and doubling the area 228. planting vegetables: tomatoes, spinach, lettuce, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini… and a little...
by Prasanta | May 26, 2011 | Blogging, Journey, Writing
Recently I joined an online community called “The High Calling”. Soon after I joined, I received a welcome e-mail from Dena Dyer, the High Calling’s “Welcome Wagon” (and author, speaker, blogger) 🙂 , and one of the things she asked me to do was to write a blog entry...
by Prasanta | May 25, 2011 | Beauty, Faithfulness, God's love, Life, Promises, Seasons
Are there signs of life, signs of the resurrection, and is there hope for newness, new life in this world? Where? How do I know? If I am honest I can say that there are days or seasons in life when I cannot see so clearly. But then, there are also days and seasons in...
by Prasanta | May 24, 2011 | God's Word, Journey, Path
Driving along, sometimes I am on a road with many stoplights. The red lights force me to stop and wait. If I’m in a hurry, it can be frustrating to stop. Once in a while, if the timing is just perfect, the lights can be mostly green and I don’t have to hit the brakes...
by Prasanta | May 23, 2011 | Failure, Faithfulness, Freedom, God's love, Journey, One Thousand Gifts
I come late to writing today, this Monday… I started a few words earlier in the day, but life’s responsibilities came and took me by the hand. I had little opportunity to write today, little time to reflect on words and thoughts and write them down, flesh them out....
by Prasanta | May 20, 2011 | Change, Faithfulness, God's love
It’s that time of week again: Five Minute Friday! From the GypsyMama’s website, here are the instructions: Got five minutes? Let’s write. Let’s write in shades of real and brave and unscripted. Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. 1....
by Prasanta | May 18, 2011 | Beauty, Christianity, God's love, Imperfect Prose, Jesus, Love
Legend has it that silk was invented by Chinese Empress His Ling Shi, wife of Emperor Huang Ti, about 3000 BC. One story has her sitting down with a cup of tea, when a cocoon fell right into her cup and began to unravel. Another story has her investigating the cause...
by Prasanta | May 17, 2011 | Faithfulness, God's love, grace
He kept asking me to come look and see, at least every 30 seconds or so. The energetic boy, full of nearly eight years of wonder, was a bit down because of fever and sore throat. He saw a map drawing that big sister had made, which inspired him to create his own. He...
