Sermons on the First Readings
Ah, spring! The days are getting longer, and hopefully warmer. There are so many things to anticipate: the first robin, snowdrop flowers, and that garden perennial -- asparagus. People are looking forward to their first chance to bring pictures from their well-worn seed catalogs to life.
There is one thing we don't look forward to -- the appearance of the first grasshopper. Descending on us like an army, they are ready to eat the best of what we planted, just when our gardens are starting to show promise! They are voracious and relentless.