The Harvest is Ready Invest in the Harvest After our time in the Navy, Lucy and I spent four years in Central Illinois, where I worked at a nuclear power plant. Farming was a big part of the local economy. In the springtime, farmers would till the soil, turning it over in preparation for planting. Driving through the countryside, you could actually smell the rich soil in the air. They would then plant their crops, usually corn or soybeans. I always thought it took a lot of faith to be a...

A New Season at Calvary Life is Filled With Rhythms The Hebrew calendar had holidays in the spring: Passover, First Fruits, and Unleavened Bread. Then there were the holidays in the fall: Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. In between these seasons was the Feast of Pentecost, or Weeks. There were also the rhythms of the harvest. In the spring, barley and wheat were harvested. Then, in the summer, they harvested grapes, figs, and dates. Finally, pomegranates and olives were...

The Greatest Day of Labor How Christ Ties into Labor Day Labor Day is a national holiday that honors and recognizes the contributions of American workers and the role they have played in building our great nation. In the late 19th century, trade unions proposed a “Labor Day,” a day set aside to celebrate the contributions of workers. By 1894, thirty states were already celebrating Labor Day. On June 28 of that same year, President Grover Cleveland signed it into law as a federal holiday....