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God, Others and Photosynthesis

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

What Sunflowers Know About Loving God and Loving People I want to be a sunflower. I’ve always loved them.  Ever […]

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Get Out of the Boat

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

Come Out to Meet Him: He Is Already Coming for You Get Out of the BoatCome Out to Meet Him:

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Two Silences, Part 2

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

Wishing Stones, Knaves and the Peace Worth Having Two Silences.  One forced.One chosen freely. That’s a wishing stone!  A stone

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Unsolicited Marriage Advice

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

Lulls, Lanterns and How to Better Love Imagine with me, standing in the room scattered with the leftover clippings from

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Sunlight streaming through the green trees and foliage of a lush summer garden

A Bit of Earth

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

The Roses Are Already Open: On Closed Gates, Secret Gardens and Trusting God With What You Can’t Yet See When

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An outdoor birthday table set with balloons and string lights, glowing in golden evening light

Forty Years

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

God is Still With Me It was perhaps my 5th birthday.  Maybe my 6th.  We had just moved to the

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An American flag on a pole beside a lake at night, with fireworks bursting over the water and a picnic table in the foreground

The Flag Was Still There

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

The Flag Was Still There: A 4th of July Reflection on the America I Hope We Still Are The flag

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The bronze Little Mermaid statue seated on a rock beside grey water

Two Silences, Part 1

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

What Andersen’s Little Sea Maid Says About Voice, Silence and Eternity I’ve been thinking about mermaids this summer.  They have

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Orange Nail Polish

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

Anne of Green Gables Would Never Summer afternoon sunshine.  Blonde pigtails.  Bare feet.  Barbies on the sidewalk.  Bugs zipping in

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A graceful white swan gliding on golden, sunlit water

The Toads’ Swan Song

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

On Wild Swans, Queen Esther, and How the Evil Meant to Harm Us Gets Turned into Something Beautiful Do you

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A floral teacup of amber tea with chamomile blossoms floating on top

For the Love of Tea!

Carol | Sunflower Essayist

On Nanny’s Perfect Cup, Uncle Iroh, and Why I Think Softness Might Be Its Own Kind of Strength I have

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