Even in the dark there is a gentleness to winter. One of the things I love about snow is that it illuminates wherever it is. A little bit of light goes a long way.

We are having a snow drought this winter. But I am still hopeful. This image is from a previous winter, but it reminds me that snow is like a protective cover. It allows us to rest. Find your rest this month.

She leaves them bare naked but she is just preparing them for what is to come. Are you ready?

Fall rain is cool. Unlike spring rain that pumps life into the earth, the fall just keeps it going. This puddle reflected the nice day it helped create with the rain.

The colors of autumn send a signal to us that things are changing. They are beautiful and fleeting.

The smell of dust burning as the radiator comes on for the first time. The hiss of the steam as it comes out of the pipes for the first time of the season. I am grateful for a warm spot.

Leaves start to fall. You can’t stop it. You don’t want to.

Sometimes our kindness is not met the way we think it ought to be met. For beautiful green land, we dump trash everywhere. For clean air to breathe, we fill with pollutants. But kindness continues to follow us. So we should meet it with the same kind of crazy kindness.

Galatians 5:22 tells us one of the fruit of the Spirit is Kindness which means it will produce good things. Just how natural foods like fruit can produce good things for your body. So celebrate the end of summer with some fruit.