Depiction of Matthew’s story of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman who intercedes for her daughter. The dog reminds us that the woman, in holy humility, asks for the crumbs of mercy that fall from the Master’s table.

Butterfly milkweed, now gracing prairie restoration plots at Heatherhope, can poison or heal. They are a sign that to read the “Book of Nature” to learn of God’s blessings takes the eyes of faith.