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    Garden Theology, Secrets Discovered While Playing in the Yard
    Garden Theology, Secrets Discovered While Playing in the Yard
    Garden Theology, Secrets Discovered While Playing in the Yard
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    Garden Theology, Secrets Discovered While Playing in the Yard

    By Pauline Youd

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    Often, I refer to pulling weeds, trimming vines, digging up runners, cutting off suckers, planting seeds, and cultivating soil as "playing in the yard." As a child, my favorite pastime was digging in my backyard alone. Unaware of it, that was my processing and planning time. Although this is neither a book on theology, nor a gardening book, I find that when my hands are busy and my mind is at ease, God teaches me little things worth sharing. I used to run into the house to tell my husband my discoveries. He usually said something like, "You can find a sermon in everything." I love being outdoors. I have warmth in the summer, light in the winter, and solitude if I want it. Others may hike, bicycle, or skip pebbles in a brook, but my outdoor fun is cleaning up the iris bed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPauline Youd
    Release dateJan 5, 2022
    ISBN9781005341749
    Garden Theology, Secrets Discovered While Playing in the Yard
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    Pauline Youd

    I like to write, read, teach, sing, play the piano, swim, cook, play in the yard, and walk by the ocean. I prefer coloring books to plain paper, summer to winter, daytime to nightime, and morning to afternoon. I like large families, but I prefer to visit with one friend at a time. I love to study the Bible and discuss what God is doing in the world today, but I can't handle really scary adventure novels. I am more interested in people and animals than in rocks and plants. I tutor reading and writing and prefer second graders. I live with my husband Bill and cat Sasha in the center of California.

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