changing seasons

23 September

A Change of Season

Devotional, September 23, 2015

Seasons are fundamental to how we understand climate and our environment. There are differences of opinion concerning the start of autumn. “In meteorological terms autumn begins September 1st, as each season is defined in a three month period.” Astronomers have another perspective based on the date of the seasons of celestial events, placing the official start of autumn on September 23. There is a third definition of the beginning of autumn which comes from Phenology. The National Wildlife Federation describes Phenology as “the study of periodic plant and animal life cycles. These are the changes in the natural world, such.

25 September

Devotional, September 25, 2014

It has been said, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” A lovely thought…. Autumn is a magnificent time of year. All of the changing seasons are beautiful. God has designed it that way: “He has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) As the seasons change, so our lives are constantly changing, sometimes from day to day! In the center of all of this change there can be a.