The Renovating Reverend

This summer, we participated in our local Community-Supported Agriculture, or CSA, by buying fruit shares. The local farmers provided quite a lot of fantastic blueberries, fewer raspberries than we’d hoped, and, lately, what seems like a ton of apples. I’ve had to learn how to cook with apples, and found a fresh cream apple pie recipe that is incredibly delicious…and possibly addictive.

The apple is obviously plentiful this time of year, and is an old symbol of knowledge and divine wisdom, appropriate to observances of this day, the autumnal equinox. With an equal amount of light and darkness today, it’s a good time to think about the wisdom of balance in our lives. If any part of our lives is off kilter because of unfinished business, deferred decision making, or ignored priorities we can be encouraged to make changes that will get us back in balance again. If this seems like a big challenge, eat some apples…and pray for the wisdom to change what you can and accept what you can’t. Divine wisdom will guide you.