Lessons from a Spider

Modern Day Parables If I pay close attention, sometimes a parable is revealed to me during my prayer-time. Like today, for instance. I’m reading a book about prayer and while studying this morning a strange thing happened. I love my porch, especially in the spring, so I love to read and have my coffee out there most mornings. I had actually been reading for hours, when I remembered that I’d not fed my dog yet. I looked down at her sitting beside me and noticed a black spider nesting on...