Yo howdy All y’all – It is always a beautiful day to be in this garden of life, even on – and perhaps especially – the days of rain. “Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness...
Author: Phil Conard (Phil Conard)
Broken Branches
Yo howdy All y’all! This is the day Creation hath made, let us rejoice in it! “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God… This is the first and great commandment. And thesecond is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”(Matthew 22; 34-39 KJV) Days and nights of freezing...
Winter Abundance
Yo howdy all y’all – It is always a beautiful day for Psalm 23: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes green pastures for me in which to lay; he leadsme beside still waters. He restores my soul; he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Yea, though I...
Everyday is Thanksgiving Day
Yo howdy All Y’all – it is a beautiful day to visit our downtown sanctuary. Sunflowers and zexmenia still bloom yellow along 12th Street; white rain lilies, moonflowers and some random pink, orange and purple blooms line the alley. Goldenrod, yellow senna, plateau golden-eye, orange turks-cap, red shrimp-tail, purple and white asters, lingering lantana, rock-rose,...
A Rough-and-Tumble Beauty
“Thank you for your patience with me!” exclaims the bedraggled weed growing in the cracks. “You’ve now witnessed my blooms many seasons!” say the various “ugly” dried stalks of seeds and dead leaves filling gaps in the midst that feed and shelter the singing birds. Thank you beloved Church folk, for your patience with the...
Resilience in the Garden
Yo howdy All Y’all! It is a beautiful day to be in our gardens. The wisdom in growing weeds is that we can trust that what grows will be resilient. Some very slowly grow but rooted in solid rock, some grow fast and spreading, each and all with surprising benefits and blooms. God’s Grace demonstrating...






