Yo howdy All Y’all – It seems sudden that we’re already nearing the end of yet another year where some daysand decades seem as the same. The Autumn daylight from the Sun low on the horizonreveals beautiful new colors, and many turn their focus towards celebrating the Light of Christ inour lives. For the congregation...
Author: Phil Conard (Phil Conard)
Still “becoming church”
Yo howdy All Y’all! It is a beautiful day! The world keeps spinning – with each of us experiencing twists and turns in our own lives – but nothingspinning completely out of control for we are congregants of a Christ centered church. We have learned andare learning what it means “becoming church”, and new ways...
Our Roots Survive
I visited my brother Mark’s family homestead in the Colorado mountains last month – my first visit since wildfires ravaged hundreds of thousands of acres surrounding his cabin last fall. The miraculous seedlings and sprouts of the first spring after fire have already grown deep roots and begun to flower. The tips of some tall...
Garden Update: Softening Our Edges
Yo Howdy All Y’all! We’re growing – wildflowers and tomatoes, herbs, plants of nourishment and beauty. Gifts to the street, for ourcongregation, our neighbors, guests and passersby; inviting pause, prayer, grateful harvest and space tobreathe in Spirit. “For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as the garden causes what is sown in it...