Category: nature metaphors picturing Christ

Opening A Peony Bloom

Ants opening Peony Bloom flower

This is another “ant trail” that is a little off the verse-by-verse study of the Song, but I want to share something really cool that I saw. For those who know, I live next door to my Mom, and she has (which came with her house) a lot of flower gardens that need tending. I …

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Ants, and the Intimate Kingdom

“The men were stacked like a ladder on top of each others’ shoulders. The commentator said the picture symbolized all the lives lost throughout history to reach the highest peaks of the world…” And I was captivated. This is a parable of the Intimate Kingdom!

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The Touch Me Not Flower

There is an interesting wildflower that grows in the summer woods of N.Y. here, usually along streams. I look for it when I walk because the juice in its stems is said to be helpful if…

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