Shovel Ready
“We’re in a wheat field.
Belt-high stalks rustle in unison, like a congregation on their knees, whispering prayers. I reach both my hands out to let the stalk tops and wheat flowers tickle at my palms.
T. K. Harrow walks beside me.
—and the most beautiful thing of it is, we can make of this what we wish. This realm is given to us as a second Eden. God made us once in His image, and now He’s provided us the tools, and the know-how, to remake ourselves in His.
A white clapboard church on the crest... of a hill.
Steeple bells welcome us.
Harrow hikes toward it, a half-step in front of me.
See, now this here is exactly the kind of church I grew up in. Small. Cozy. Everyone knew everyone. You couldn’t look left or right there wasn’t someone looking back at you, quick with a smile or a steadying word. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I am thankful for my many blessings. But sometimes I think of what we’ve built today and wonder what we lost along the way.
The door is ajar. We enter. Rough-hewn pews on a wide-plank floor.MoreLess
Belt-high stalks rustle in unison, like a congregation on their knees, whispering prayers. I reach both my hands out to let the stalk tops and wheat flowers tickle at my palms.
T. K. Harrow walks beside me.
—and the most beautiful thing of it is, we can make of this what we wish. This realm is given to us as a second Eden. God made us once in His image, and now He’s provided us the tools, and the know-how, to remake ourselves in His.
A white clapboard church on the crest... of a hill.
Steeple bells welcome us.
Harrow hikes toward it, a half-step in front of me.
See, now this here is exactly the kind of church I grew up in. Small. Cozy. Everyone knew everyone. You couldn’t look left or right there wasn’t someone looking back at you, quick with a smile or a steadying word. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I am thankful for my many blessings. But sometimes I think of what we’ve built today and wonder what we lost along the way.
The door is ajar. We enter. Rough-hewn pews on a wide-plank floor.MoreLess
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