The autumnal equinox is nearly upon us. The lush greens of a cool wet summer are starting to change into the festive colors of fall. Produce from the gardens and fields fill our barns and storage bins. Have you ever looked at the world around you and considered that in this cycle of the natural world, autumn is the season of death. It is completion. Plants have flourished and grown producing a harvest and seeds for the next generatiion. Now they die or go dormant. Are we to mourn this passing, this death, or are we to celebrate the productivity and joy of life which ends in such a burst of color? I think I'll celebrate.
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AuthorJoel Kreger is a writer who grew up in Minnesota, spent many years of his life in Iowa and Wisconsin, and now lives in Minnesota. His life experience includes careers of serving 17 years as a Lutheran parish pastor, working 18 years as a public school teacher, and now writing as a novelist and blogger. Archives
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