Autumn. I love it! It’s almost here. The warmth of the sun that energizes. The aroma of the crisp air and changing season. The cool breezes requiring a sweater or jacket. The beauty of God’s palette: crimson and cerise, yellow and honey, apricot and orange. Autumn also evokes the thought of harvests. Which made me think the other day about scarecrows. Definition of a scarecrow: an object, usually made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare away creatures from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed in fields, from growing crops, or from those crops about to be …
3 Ways to Teach Kids Outdoors
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What Are You Harvesting?
Maple trees burst forth with golden-bronze highlights. Leaves dance as beechnuts fall to the ground. Red tinges the tips of burning bushes. Pumpkin patches set ablaze with orange, plump fruit. My favorite time of year. Fall. It always brings to mind the seasonal word harvest. Nature goes through its seasons, as Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” (NKJV) Just as nature, we, as Christians, have circumstances that bring rain, sunshine, heat, cold, storm, calm, dryness, fire, and flood. Our aim is to always work toward having a spiritual …