by debracelovsky | Feb 23, 2021 | Into the Vineyard, Lent/Easter
The vinedresser is never nearer the canes than when he is pruning them. David Jeremiah, Christian author Here in Wine Country, with harvest long past, and having shed their leaves, the Crazy Auntie-looking grapevine canes are being meticulously removed. In his...
by debracelovsky | Feb 15, 2021 | Lent/Easter
As I was preparing this week’s post on the approach of Lent 2021 (Wednesday, February 17 – Saturday, April 3), I recalled this one from the past. It is worth sharing again, with a few edits. Part Two, next week, will include a recent, nerve-wracking...
by debracelovsky | Apr 4, 2020 | Lent/Easter
When I was growing up, Easter appeared like a glorious burst of light in springtime. The small church my father pastored did all the traditional things and we children anticipated them with huge excitement: new Easter outfits, a Sunday School program, the Easter egg...
by debracelovsky | Mar 16, 2020 | Family Life, Lent/Easter, Prayer, Word
When I was in my teens, a newly-minted driver, my sister and I stopped at Fosters Freeze one blazing hot afternoon for the largest possible chocolate swirl ice cream cones. It was the middle of a typically sweltering summer in Redding, CA and there we were sailing...
by debracelovsky | Mar 25, 2019 | Into the Vineyard, Lent/Easter
What I finally learned about pruning roses. (They need not dread my approach anymore.) First: God is a gardener. You’re reading through Genesis Chapter 2, and there it is: The Lord God planted a garden. One assumes that, since He planted it, He tended it....
