by Meadow Rue Merrill | Apr 14, 2022 | Faith Notes |
Late last November, I stood over a frozen mound of soil in my garden, holding a long wooden stake. Beside me on the snow-crusted ground lay several blue mesh bags full of garlic bulbs, each tied with a curl of white ribbon – the kind for wrapping gifts.
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Feb 11, 2021 | News |
We’ve all missed a lot this past year, but one thing I’ve missed the most is gathering together for worship. While it isn’t always possible to get together in person, I’d like to celebrate Lent by looking at Jesus through this eyes of one of... by Meadow Rue Merrill | Apr 11, 2019 | Faith Notes |
I am not a fan of puzzles. Taking a perfectly good image, cutting it into one hundred or more tiny pieces and then trying to reconstruct it feels like a frustrating waste of time. But last weekend, I was selling books at a local Grange hall with my 9-year-old son, Asher, when one of the organizers kindly offered us a puzzle of a shiny green frog.
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Feb 28, 2019 | Faith Notes |
I wondered whether I was wasting my time, all those early mornings and late nights sitting at my computer writing children’s stories. Would anyone ever read my work? If only I could enroll in an MFA program, I was sure I could get published. But with a house full of children, life was too busy. Plus, I didn’t have the cash.
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Mar 30, 2018 | Faith Notes |
My earliest Easter memory is of my mother cautioning my older brother and me that if we didn’t pick up the nails we’d spilled on the front porch of our Oregon ranch, the Easter bunny couldn’t come to our house. He’d hurt his feet. Then there was the time she cleverly disguised a carpet sweeper as an Easter gift. We’d get to clean floors? Oh, joy!