Faith & Values: Preserving the Fruit of the Spirit

Faith & Values: Preserving the Fruit of the Spirit

I dabble (some might say I cheat) in the practice of food preservation. My specialty is “Strawberry Freezer Jam á la Sure-Jell,” and it’s pretty tasty on a slice of toast. But I have a deep admiration for homesteading practitioners who go the distance and actually can the season’s bounty into rows of pretty jars. They convert pecks and bushels of juicy fresh peaches into pints and quarts of gold — tangy gold that calls to mind the essence of sum…