Fallow Ground
These blog posts were all written in the second half of 2011 and the first half of 2012. I am including them here for you to read because I think they work well together as a series.
This period of time was a season of waiting for me. I knew not what for. I've had other similar seasons since. They have always led to something surprising. I meet my wife in November of 2011.
I'm archiving these posts here because I need to remember that season, to remember that fallow periods are part of the way God has organized the creative life of the world.
All Posts in This Series
The Marooned Testudine
Yesterday we went to Sea World. While there, we visited Turtle Reef, and a very large turtle appeared to be caught beneath some of the coral in the tank. She was very still, but occasionally she would wave her flipper slowly, as if she was waving goodbye to the world.
This morning, after a fitful night of sleep spent worrying about this coral-locked turtle, I sent the following sincere, yet slightly humorous email to Sea World.
At Sea World San Diego yesterday, March 9, we saw a turtle that appeared to be stuck under some coral. She looked wedged in there pretty good. Was she really stuck, and did she die? Please respond. We’re worried.
I do hope I get a response.