A “Buzzing” Dilemma I recently found myself in a difficult situation. Since I am a beekeeper it is normal for me to need to lift boxes that weigh 60-100 pounds. Not a big deal whenever I am healthy. However, when you suffer a significant shoulder injury it necessitates a change in approach. A small colony can have 2 boxes making it weigh somewhere north of 100-150 pounds or … [Read more...] about The Strength of Wisdom
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Wisely Increase in Learning
A Call To The Wise If someone were to use the words “knowledgeable” and “wise” to describe an individual what immediately pops into your mind? Perhaps you picture an aged man stroking his snowy white beard as he slowly mulls over the problem brought up to him by a younger person. Maybe a seasoned woman dignified with elegant silver hair holding her grandkids comes into view. … [Read more...] about Wisely Increase in Learning
Living With Vigilance
Easy To Fail If being a beekeeper has shown me anything, it is that failure comes very easily. It is not that honey bees possess less of an ability to survive than other creatures . . . that would not be true. I think anyone who undertakes any form of agricultural endeavor could probably tell you that there are at least 1,001 ways for living organisms to perish. In my case, … [Read more...] about Living With Vigilance
Learning From An Overgrown Field
Observations From Daily Life For a person with their eyes opened, ears tuned, and hearts ready to learn, the practical aspects of life shall prove to be a place that will teach them many lessons. Daily growth is easy to glance over. In the hustle and bustle of life, our attention can be anywhere but where we actually are in the moment. Proverbs teaches us to have our eyes … [Read more...] about Learning From An Overgrown Field
Focusing On The Proverbs
The Physical and The Spiritual One of the most devastating temptations faced by the early church was the dualistic tendency of Greek philosophy to see the physical world as inherently evil and the spiritual being deemed as good. This led to a variety of heresies in that initial period of church history where individuals would arise blasphemously denying the reality that … [Read more...] about Focusing On The Proverbs
