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Breakfast Guest
Breakfast at Heatherhope is a reward for completion of morning chores, prayer-of-thanks time for the long chain of harvest to truck to mill to truck again to middleman to grocery to cereal bowl…and a time for coffee brain and deep … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged breakfast, doctrine, Faith, ruby-throated hummingbird, theology, Trinity
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Yes It’s Cold, Windy, and Slippery…But
Daughter lives in Florida, where it’s right now in the 70s. Son lives in California where it’s just about 60. We live in northern Illinois where it bounces between a wind chill of minus 20 and just above freezing. Why … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged farm, Heatherhope Farm, ice, snow, winter
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Bilbo The Brave
Son, Jeremiah, and daughter-in-law, Caroline, have a crossbreed named Luna at their new home in Oakland, California. She barks a bit. Mostly at the many squirrels who climb the branches of the redwood trees in their back yard. I told … Continue reading
Posted in Connie's Posts, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged bilbo, Dogs, pandemic
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What Does A Liar Sound Like?
Perhaps THE fundamental question today is, “How can I tell if someone is lying to me?” Are they trying to rip me off, manipulate me, sell me a bill of goods? Have they themselves been sucked into an entire movement … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Social Political Issues, Uncategorized
Tagged argumentation, liars, lies, propaganda
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Springtime Sprouts
Life has been happening fast at and around Heatherhope these days. Back in the hay field the alfalfa and grass that Chauncey II and III (or is it III and IV?) planted a couple of weeks ago are just minutely … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Sheep, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Gordon Watt, hospitality, kline creek farm, Sheep, Sheepdogs
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Blessing of the Animals September 30
Connie and John invite you to bring your pet or pets to Heatherhope for a service of “Blessing of the Animals” on Saturday, September 30, starting at 10:30 a.m. Our pets bring God’s grace to us as they tune into … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Farm Diary, John's Posts, Uncategorized
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If Not Now, When?
This is certainly an opportune time. A kairos moment as the Bible might put it. The Lord has called us to love one another and now is the time for strategic, bold, and courageous love in action. We have … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Social Political Issues, Uncategorized
Tagged action, Donald Trump, Hillel, Hillel the Elder, Pikei Avot, president, resistence, United States
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Say “No” To Fear
Remember those, “No Fear,” decals that young, tough men used to put on their pick-ups? Let’s bring them back and retool them to read, “No to fear.” Talking with friends lately it is obvious that there is a great sadness … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Social Political Issues, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged America, dog training, Dogs, Donald Trump, emotions, Faith, fear, Trump
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Empty Lambing Pen–Empty Tomb
Saint Matthew’s account of the Empty Tomb contains this angelic message: “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Sheep, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Easter, ministry, mission, resurrection, tomb
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Unwind at Midsummer Night’s Fest, July 12
Join us on the farm for a relaxing evening letting God’s grace pour over us all. For Midsummer’s Night Fest we sit on the deck in the cool of the evening and watch the sun set on the grazing ewes and … Continue reading
