Life by Faith
By Jim Hinch

April 2010

  • The Arrow of Time

    What does it matter that a year has gone by? Last April I blogged about a day my daughter Frances and I spent in the Connecticut River town Essex. We were in Connecticut because my wife Kate was leading a church retreat there.

  • The Cherry Tree

    Jogging the other morning through Riverside Park on New York’s west side I came across the strangest sight. I was running along a path lined with cherry trees. The trees were coated with cream-colored blossoms, an early spring visual feast. I saw a pink rectangle on one of the trunks.

    The rectangle was a sheet of pink paper encased in waterproof clear plastic and tied to the trunk. A poem was typed on the paper:

Jim Hinch is a senior editor at Guideposts. He lives with his wife, Kate, and their two children, Frances and Benjamin, in New York City. Reach him at jhinch@guideposts.org.