Readings from the Book of Creation

Northern Minnesota can be beautiful, and it can be brutal. Spring and fall up north are refreshing but short. Winter is cold, snowy, and...

If you have ever been fishing, it does not take too much of an imagination to put yourself in this picture. The sun is quietly setting,...

In retirement I restarted an old hobby of nature photography and I especially enjoy photographing birds. There are so many colors, sizes,...

Hurricane Idalia came through our area at the end of August and made for a wet and gloomy day. Even this bird seems like it has had...

When you first looked at this target, what did you see?  Did you first notice all the shots in the bullseye?  Or was your eye drawn to...

How would you describe this bird? Beautiful? Brave? Fearless? Intimidating? Powerful, Focused? Majestic? A mighty hunter? Yes, all these...

St. Therese of Lisieux is known as the “little flower.” My favorite line from her autobiography is, “He willed to create great souls...

Every fall we start to think about the upcoming winter. In Minnesota you know it is coming and you just wonder how bad it will be. In the...

Last December was our first taste of winter in North Carolina after having moved from Minnesota to Florida and now halfway back north. We...

When most people think of a cardinal, they usually imagine the bright red color of the male cardinal. The male clearly stands out in most...

Hummingbirds flit from flower to flower, seeming to be always in motion. They will pause and perch in one place for a while but will...

On a hillside facing east early one morning I saw this daisy in a large group of similar flowers. What caught my eye was that it looked...

In James 5:7 we read, “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of...

The Florida Museum at the University of Florida says, “Butterflies and moths undergo a complete metamorphosis, which means there are four...

One sunny day on my daily run I stopped in my tracks when I saw this patch of grass. There had to be a story developing here. What are...

At the Basilica of Belmont Abbey, the vestibule is a small, dimly lit entryway. Along the outside walls are tables containing literature...

Many of us are not morning people. My wife has a mug that says, “If the good Lord had wanted most of us to see the sunrise…He would have...

Taking pictures of birds in their natural habitat is not an easy job. When they see you a long way off, they take to the air and are out...

This is one of my favorite hummingbird pictures. Why? It is not because the precise details of the bird or flower bud are in sharp focus....

This fall on an early morning walk, something caught my eye in my peripheral vision. What I first thought it might be was not what it was...