Janice E. Kirk

Artist & Author

“The Christmas Redwood”

A simple Christmas parable that encourages young readers to be steadfast in their faith.

Gather around the campfire while Grandfather tells the story of a redwood seed that was planted by wind on the night Jesus was born. The parable unfolds as animals spread the news of the Lord of Creation. The tree grows and thrives, holding fast and sharing God’s love in the forest. An example of faith and endurance, the tree still lives, waiting for Jesus to come again. We all can learn to “hold fast and be faithful, be true and take heart.”

Young readers and family groups will enjoy reading this Christmas story for all ages.

. . . This children’s book provides a new perspective on Christmas. . . the sturdy redwood is an effective allegory for strong faith. . . with illustrations that feature delicate black lines, providing gentle forest scenes that should appeal to young readers . . .

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SEEING THE NATURAL WORLD

Welcome! Bring your sketchbook, camera, and notebook. We’ll walk the neighborhood or browse along a trail. Not a footrace, we will take a good look and then a second look at what makes up the natural world.

Let’s inhale fresh air, stir up a bit of soil, skip a rock across the lake—these are basics of life that feed the soul. Puddles, pebbles, odd leaves, creepy-crawlers, I have to bend down and say hello. Each one has a history, each one has a job to do, each one helps to keep us alive. That’s the amazing part of the whole natural complex: every plant and animal is needed to make this work. That includes us. We live in and depend upon our life community, our neighboring plants and animals. To be a good neighbor is to understand nature’s ways. Come along! Let’s take another look!

Find Art, Nature, and Spirituality stories in my Books and in my Blog Archives: Out Sketching, Nature Notes, Painting America the Beautiful, Cherish the Earth, Praises, Prayers, and Poetry.

Enjoy!

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Here you can find paintings mentioned in my book, The Road to Beaver Park. 
From the Pacific Coast, across the Great Basin, through the Mesa and Canyon Country, into the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, and low deserts, including Death Valley and the Sonoran Desert, it was a feast to the eye, a journey of the heart.

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Published Books

 

Wild Edible Plants of Western North America

A best seller since 1970, this book has sold over 100,000 copies. It lists the great bulk of the edible plants found west of the Great Plains and in southwestern Canada and northwestern Mexico . . .

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Cherish the Earth

Is Earth Stewardship biblical? Yes. For anyone wanting to understand what the Bible has to say about earth stewardship, here is one of the most complete discussions of environmental scriptures in print and comes with a scriptural index . . .

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The Christmas Redwood:
A Forest Parable

An Advent tale of waiting and watching…A redwood seed, planted by wind on the very night Jesus was born, becomes the most steadfast of all trees on earth . . .

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The Road to Beaver Park

Part travelogue, part natural history, part field course in art appreciation, the author records her development as an artist as she learns to paint and learns to see…

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Milton the Mouse

A chase, a ride, a chase and hide, and Milton the mouse lands in new terri- tory: the Stewart household. The wily escape artist has the run of the house until one fateful night when he is caught. What do you do with a mouse that hitches a ride home from a camping trip…

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