Harvest of Life
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest…shall not cease.” Gen. 8:22 Now is the time of harvest. Dried corn stalks stand row upon row at forlorn attention in dying fields. Heaps of brilliant orange pumpkins and vari-colored gourds are mounded, ready for market. By day the city streets are shrouded in the pungent blue-grey smoke of burning leaves, while nighttime brings the chill illumination of the fabled harvest moon. It is harvest time. It is also thanksgiving time; for now, with...