Have you ever caught yourself wishing that someone were dead? Seriously – have you wanted to see someone struck by lightning? Two of the Apostles did. The “sons of thunder” – James and John – wanted to see a whole village turned to cinders because the people there refused to...

A garden is a place a beauty, beauty that is growing more beautiful. It is a place where life in its quietness and subtlety slowly unfolds itself to the eyes of its beholder. We might say Christ here in Song of Solomon 5:1 is the beholder, and His garden brings...