The Promise Planted in Johnny Appleseed's Footsteps
In the early 1800s, a barefoot man named John Chapman walked hundreds of miles across Ohio and Indiana, planting apple nurseries in clearings he would...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16.
In the early 1800s, a barefoot man named John Chapman walked hundreds of miles across Ohio and Indiana, planting apple nurseries in clearings he would never farm. He didn't build orchards for himself. He planted seeds for settlers who hadn't yet arrived, for children who hadn't yet been born. Chapman died in 1845 near Fort Wayne, Indiana, owning little more than the clothes on his back.…
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