Reaping Generously, Even in this HEAT.
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Reaping Generously, Even in this HEAT.

Yo howdy all y’all – it is a beautiful day! Everyday around noon – when the summertime heat index accelerates it’s rise – the shade from our pecans begins to embrace the seating along our San Antonio hillside, and often there is even a soft breeze. It is comforting to pause and pray, to sit...

Thank You’s to Resilient Bloomers
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Thank You’s to Resilient Bloomers

Yo Howdy All Y’all – it is a beautiful day to be somewhere in our gardens! A special thank you to our ever-learning and now pulpit preachin’ Associate Pastor Heidi for her patiencewith me again for this overdue entry into this edition of the Window. Thank you, (I’m blaming our churchgardens – they make me...

Gardening with God
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Gardening with God

Yo howdy, all y’all, Most everything in our garden is growing like weeds – a blooming congregationof wild weeds. Gardening with God ya gotta accept some wild weeds.Hopefully, we’ll have an ongoing rotation of blooms and textured colors all the way till fall.Produce deliveries to Angel’s House Soup Kitchen are increasing in variety and weight....

weeds growing in the cracks
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weeds growing in the cracks

Pastor Layne spoke recently about the many ways “blessings” can be defined. We are blessed to be member-stewards of the abundance that includes Central Christian Church, Austin. We share an abundance of joyful spirit, knowing as we do and practicing as best we can right now the teachings of Jesus. We accept and share the...

We’re Growing a Congregation of Weeds
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We’re Growing a Congregation of Weeds

We're growing a congregation of weeds - drought tolerant natives that will keep flowering
throughout the summer, hopefully with another bursting of blooms in the fall. Gardening with God
begins with "Let it Be" - observe, discern. Then devotion in works of faith.

The Earth Is My Garden
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The Earth Is My Garden

Yo howdy all y’all! It is Memorial Day as I write, sitting this early morning in the shade of one of our heritage pecan trees. The light of the rising sun reflects off the windows of the Capitol – random sparkles briefly on the golden star held aloft by the goddess of Liberty atop the...