Our Softened Edges
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Our Softened Edges

Yo howdy All Y’all – it is a beautiful day. Yay, the days still short are getting longer! Gardening with God in our “Garden of AUS” (Austin’s Urban Sanctuary) is challenging. TheyThemThy alwayspresents opportunities to steward towards accepting abundance and it is hard to keep up. I’m learning toaccept the abundance – unexpected flowers and...

Buckets; pronounced “Boo-Kays”
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Buckets; pronounced “Boo-Kays”

Yo howdy all y’all – rejoice, this is the day Creation hath made. The weather has gloriously changed – a new season’s blend of harvest and preparation. “Gardening with God” presents challenging opportunities for faith, trust and a reliance on Grace. I’m talking about composting. The piles of leaves and textured cuttings that appear and...

Breaking Up Our Fallow Ground
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Breaking Up Our Fallow Ground

Yo howdy all y’all! It is a beautiful day to visit our church (yes, every day is), and to walk around andabout our wilding of downtown wildflowers and gardens for autumn harvest. It’s been a little more than two years since Pastor Layne began placing inspiring/comforting signs along the softening edges of our sanctuary. The...

A Farewell to the Heat of Summer
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A Farewell to the Heat of Summer

Yo Howdy All Y’all – it is a beautiful day to walk about our gardens. Curiously, I felt summer was filled with beautiful days to walk about our garden, although thebest times were sunrise and sunset, there is a special satisfaction in the comfort of the pecantree canopy even if it is actually 110 degrees...

Nourishing People as an Urban Sanctury
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Nourishing People as an Urban Sanctury

Yo howdy All Yall – it is a beautiful day! One of the demonstrations that I love of our being church is that we nourish people – welcoming strangersto share at our table and experience our Austin Urban Sanctuary. Our presence downtown creates opportunities to meet people visiting our community; those engagedwith our civic process...

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...