We had an unusually cold and long winter in Jerusalem. I felt like it was never going to get hot. I know that is strange. Of course, it was not as cold as living in Ukraine. The winters we spent there were indeed cold. Maybe I just can’t take the inclement weather like I used…
Category: photography
Hope and the Almond Blossom
Yesterday as my husband and I drove through Jerusalem to a ministry planning meeting, we enjoyed the budding and blossoming almond trees dotted along the highways and scattered throughout the city. Every year I thrill when they come into color. These dainty flowers boost my faith. They represent a living sign planted within the earth…
Cream of Fava Bean Soup
Fava beans — larger than lima or butter beans — are packed with flavor and nutrition. Remember Jack who sold the family cow for a few beans — and they turned out to be a magical variety? When you think of fava beans, think of the old English children’s classic, “Jack and the Beanstalk” kind…
Crushing…
Lavender grows wild in the Mid East… it dots the terrain in Cyprus where we are now. The place we are renting in Pafos has many lavender bushes. Sometimes when I open the windows in the morning the fragrance floats on the breezes… Lavender is also known as nard in the Bible. It is one…
These Words are Chasing me Around the Room
Life presses on around us, and we are well aware of it. Still we are trying to slow it down for these few days in Cyprus, waiting on God at our “Bethel.” He is speaking too! And we take joy in all His words as they fall deep into our hearts. We have had glorious…
Bears Repetition
“repeat the sounding joy” refuses to be packed away with tinsel
Holocaust Survivor Super Hero
I found this interest post over at Blather. Wince. Repeat. about a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor who was depressed, so her French photographer son, Sacha Goldberg, decided to cheer her up.
6-0 is the new 2-9
Today is my 60th birthday. I sort of dreaded this day. I don’t know why because I do feel 29. My heart is full of expectation and joy for the days ahead. Below are 29 things I am grateful for.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 