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Conference Ministers’ Corner By: Transitional Associate Conference Minister, Linda Hirst 5.14.26 Ezekiel 37:5 “Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath [a] to enter you, and you shall live.” One day, while living in Richmond, VA, my husband Brad brought home a tree he had bought at Krogers (the local grocery store). It was a sad, sickly twig of a tree, and as he walked past me to dig a hole for it, I said to him, "That tree is dead. You know that, right? Y

Conference Ministers’ Corner By: Transitional Associate Conference Minister, Linda Hirst 5.6.26 While sitting outside last week, my friend and I noticed that a couple of bluebirds had claimed residence in her newly constructed bluebird house. So exciting! We sat outside in lawn chairs (it was a rare warm day) and watched as the female bluebird zipped from the birdhouse, across the yard to a tree where she'd gather a few pine needles, then zip back to her "home." Once there sh