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October 12, 2017

The Ajo Lily

Ken Claar (Idaho)

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Why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither 
toil nor spin, yet . . . even Solomon in all his 
glory was not clothed like one of these. - Matthew 6:28-29 (NRSV)

When we visited Ajo, Arizona, we went on a tour of the desert south of the city. There we spotted the Ajo lily, or desert lily. It has a beautiful flower, like a smaller version of the Easter lily. It only grows in the deserts of the American Southwest and...

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Dear Lord, remind us that where we see ugliness you see beauty; where we see fear, you see hope. Amen.
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