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religious freedom, perhaps none is more important than the story of courage and renewal found within this small volume — Seeds of Faith.
Here, in the Shadow of Constitutional architect James Madison, grew a fierce conflict between an entrenched religious aristocracy and a group of their neighbors who were experiencing a profound spiritual revival. What happened in a lesson we should never forget.
A full-time writer and editor living in the Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife and five children, Rob Hewitt holds graduate degrees from the University of Virginia and Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
along with that translation. To me, grandifolia means elegant foliage. Beech leaves are perfectly symmetrical in shape, texture and venation.
It’s the smooth strength of the gray bark that I look for in winter. There is a sinuous, muscular quality to the trunk of an American Beech that sets it apart from all other trees. The largest beech trees I have ever seen are on the grounds of the Airlie Foundation near Warrenton. These are magnificent trees and several must be five or six hundred years old.
The Sycamore stands out for the irregular white patches on its trunk and limbs; easy to know. After the recent snowfall, each limb was outlined in white, making a white-onwhite design against a gray winter sky.
Naming winter trees from the car is good for me while I wait impatiently for spring. And, speaking of spring, the Silver Maple on this property in Flint Hill is in full bloom. At the end of each twig are clusters of tiny scarlet flowers.
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