The Biblical Norm Is To Be Growing Spiritually I grew up in northern California where it’s usually hot and dry in the summer and fall, and cooler but not freezing with some rain in the winter and spring. In contrast the Midwest, where I live now, is hot and wet during the spring and summer and very cold in the winter. My wife and I have observed that in the Midwest the countryside is green in the summer and brown in the winter. In California it’s brown in the summer (unless it’s irrigated) and green in the winter. The Midwest ...