The Fruit of Choice

“What is my go-to fruit?” I said aloud. Mangos and papaya weren’t in my thoughts. My eyes again searched the page: “And the Lord God planted a garden…and…the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree the …

The Two Wills

Without the aid of lamp or oil, He returned to the garden, retracing steps now familiar to His dusty feet. The inky, upward slope leveled briefly toward its ascent, where a gnarly olive grove rose out of the rock. Shaded even in the moon’s glow, the moist breath of darkness exhaled the fragrance of pressed oil onto every snarled branch. …