Lichen and moss grow willy-nilly from a rotting fence post, topped by a violet mushroom. To me, this is Growth - an image of abundant life and the surprising nature of God's unfolding creation.
The fence sits on the edge of our land, the rough-hewn posts planted by our neighbor many years before we moved here. The mushroom sprang up this past summer.
In this moment, I see:
Gracious Spirit - the variety and beauty of life growing
from the fence post.
Bread of Life - the wood providing nourishment to new
life.
God's Work - creation in all ways and all places.
All Things in Christ - the unity of barbed wire, hewn
wood driven into the earth, and life out of death.
I'm a writer by profession, author of Stumbling Toward God: A Prodigal's Return. Though I've done some amateur painting and landscape design over the years, this is the first piece of visual art I've submitted anywhere.
