In 1876, a highly touted plant made its American debut at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. ...
A minister was making a wooden trellis to support a climbing vine. As he was pounding away, he noticed that a little boy was watching him. The youngster didn't say a word, so the preacher kept on work...
In "The Last Leaf," O. Henry told a story of a woman in a New York city apartment who has pneumonia. She is convinced that she will die. From her window she can see a vine of ivy and she says that whe...
A Pumpkin Tree? Oppressed by the noonday heat, a tired farmer sat under a walnut tree to rest. Relaxing, he looked at his pumpkin vines and said to himself, "How strange it is that God puts such big h...
One type of hyssop is a small, hardy shrub. Another is an herb from the basil family, somewhat bitter and mint-flavored. Tourists to Israel are purportedly sold this "hyssop" in small jars, though ...
Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I even love strawberry plants, for once they preached a powerful sermon to me which I've never forgotten. I was on my hands and knees in my garden pulling weeks, wh...
Trevin Wax
In all our talk about defending the gospel, it's possible that we might think of the good news as fragile and vulnerable. God forbid! ...