blessing each other
Tonight the people of the congregation will gather for our annual volunteer dinner. There will be two central acts. We will cook a great meal at the stove and serve…
goodness and beauty
I followed this peacock in a friend's garden for hours one day. I was noticing how very beautiful the tail colors of the peacock are when the light hits them. …
heaven now
I love this image of a friend's garden gate. It seems mysterious and welcoming and frightening and enticing. It reminds me of the many scriptural references to opening our heart's…
time to see and time for tea
In Luke 12, Jesus tells us not to worry about our lives. That is hard for me. I think it is hard for anyone raised in the home of alcoholics…
What if we lightened up and had some butter-cream cake?
What if God is not angry at us at all? What if God is not as furious as we project onto God? What if it is we who are…
Allium
When I see this photo of a friend's garden I smile a little. The flowers, Allium, related as they are to onions, make me smile a little. They have…
life and death dance
Life and death commingle in gardens and graveyards. We live our lives pushing life and death into compartments on our plate like a two-year-old who does not want his…
change
A sudden snow fall in Denver today has blanketed the land with white, heavy snow. It is, for an easterner, confusing to have so much snow in mid-May on…
in defiance of beauty
It takes courage to make a new thing. It takes more courage to make something than to destroy something, use something, change something or dominate something. Little people dominate. …