Content from September 2026

The Unlikely Messenger: A Slice of Life with Debra Brown See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” – Isaiah 43:19. (NIV) I’ll admit it. I’m a tree hugger. Not in the chaining-myself-to-a-redwood sense, but in the stop-and-admire-a-beautiful-oak kind of way. For years, several large trees lined part of my neighborhood walking route. They provided shade on hot summer mornings and homes for countless birds and squirrels. Their towering branches draped with…