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Today, on Snap Judgment tears the season of the shadow, stories crafted in the dark of

night from our sister podcast spooked Illuminary Original.

What is sacred? What is holy? What is set apart? Today, we're going to hear from Moses

in Tucson, Arizona. When Moses was growing up, his dad had this routine after work he

come home, he changed into shorts and a pair of flip flops, he grabbed a beer out of the

fridge and head outside to work in the yard. Moses learned to love gardening from his

father. Moses even became a professional gardener. There's just something about the feel of

his hand, his hands, watching things grow. So, when Moses and his wife, when they buy a brand

new house with an unfinished yard, he is over the moon. The whole thing is just a dirt,

blank slate. When Moses can't wait to get his hands into it.

One afternoon, I come home from work. My wife's out of town, she's traveling for work and

I'm at the house by myself. And I start working in the yard. I'm moving dirt, I'm contouring

the landscape to catch rainwater and plant things. It's kind of like therapy for me to be able to work

with my hands and connect with nature. It just makes me feel calm. And so, I'm in the moment,

I'm listening to the birds, I'm noticing hummingbirds and butterflies and just really in a happy

place. As I approach the northwest corner of the yard, I see a depression that doesn't look

normal. I go to the depression, I go down on one knee and notice that there's a sink

hole there. About two feet by two feet with the top layer of the soil, sunken down six

or eight inches. I just assumed that we had a broken sewer line. A flash of anxiety came

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