28 March, 2024

Application

Jan. 28 Application | ‘No Pruning, No Progress’

Jan. 28 Application | ‘No Pruning, No Progress’

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“My wife took the pruning shears to an overgrown houseplant and chopped it down to a stub,” David Faust writes. “I was sure she had killed it, but the remarkably resilient plant now thrives in a corner of our kitchen. . . . I’m not sure why God designed things this way, but sometimes cutbacks lead to growth spurts. . . .”