How We’re Learning By Claudia Duff grate·ful            /ˈɡrātfəl/            Adjective: feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful. November–the month where everyone seems just a bit happier than usual. For me,......

O Come, O Come Emmanuel Emmanuel. God. With. Us. Thank You Lord for the truth of this. No other god comes to us because of love for us. And You,......

How We’re Learning By Michelle Hieb I could feel the pressure building as I reached the cashier in the hospital shoppette. All I had to do was choose between peanut......

Lord, God! This land– grasslands dotted with cattle prairies bursting with grain waters teeming with fish trees drooping with fruit fields full of lettuce and strawberries and carrots and cabbage......

(Planting Roots’ response to Free to Grow During Grief by Anonymous) By Katye Riselli Planting Roots recently chose to publish our Monday Minute without attribution. We chose to simply use......

By Cheryl McKay   When I see the phrase “strength to thrive in military life” as the motto of Planting Roots, my heart stirs. It is definitely not a lifestyle......

Teach us, good Lord, to serve You as You deserve; To give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not......

How We’re Learning By Katye Riselli I stared at the names, crestfallen. Those weren’t the teachers we wanted. It felt a bit like a gut punch, and all too quickly......

God of the impossible Who makes the impossibly big great white shark the impossibly small chickadee the impossible color of salmon and scarlet on the maple’s fall leaves the impossible......

Let’s pray with verses from Isaiah for our warriors today. Please insert the name of a certain person, or group, into the blanks: Do you not know? Have you not......