The smell of peeling an orange. I was born with a sensitive nose. I am known to walk into a room and ask, “What’s that smell??” which my...

LORD Jesus, beautiful One I adore. I confess that I often focused on my own suffering this last year and missed the opportunity to feel...

As we planned and worked to shift from monthly blog posts to quarterly newsletters, Anne and I have talked often about the importance of...

Bruchko by Bruce Olson is one of our favorite missionary stories. It is an autobiography about how a lost midwestern 19 year old boy got...

A delicious piece of fruit. A good pen. A satisfying walk in the woods. The sky. The ocean. Really good coffee. A great book. A really...

When I was very small, my dad used a tuning fork to tune his guitar. The process was so satisfying and mysterious to me. He'd strike...

“Miss, this is boring.” I stand in the middle of a loud cafeteria, an image of artwork projected on the wall behind me. In front of me, a...

Lessons from the Field Bless me oh God, for I am a compost heap. OK, so maybe I know that I'm not just a heap of discarded waste. I know...

PRAYER “Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all...

Recipe for a crabapple (me) on the Titanic (life). Spring is here. Well, it’s kinda a little late arriving here on the farm, and I was...

A . E. Macha I would say that I have had a creative block since the end of January 2020. I have doodled and sewed since then, but the...

Sara Klein John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me, you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take...

A.E. Macha What happens when the anticipated Christmas is a bust? When there’s a leaking pipe in the wall, a wave of the flu and a...

Sara Klein Today, we had our first real snowfall on Thistle Hill farm. Gazing across the frozen fields and seeing the newly sparkling...

A.E. Macha When asked what I am doing artistically, or what we are doing with Wondern Awe, this scene from Wes Anderson's The Royal...

Sara Klein Greetings from Sara, on Thistle Hill Farm. Yep, my family bought a farm. Well, actually it's a want-to-be farm. To be more...

This past year, Wondern Awe has been in a sort of hibernation stage. We were able to do one workshop, sell some wares through our online...

Lucy leant her head on the edge of the fightingtop and whispered, “Aslan, Aslan, if ever you loved us at all, send us help now.” The...

Just as the faithful sun rises each morning, the LORD GOD’s mercies are new. Our star, is indifferent, it shines on us in our despair or...

There are these moments in life; striking, sweet and moving. They are rare. They show up silently and without warning. But, when they...