Resilience in the Garden
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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...

Do Good; it makes a difference
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Do Good; it makes a difference

“Act as if everything you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James Dear Sisters and Brothers, I saw the above quote from William James, and it sent me off on a search for scriptures to back it up. This is nowhere near an exhaustive list; but it is enough to give us the...

No Jerks for Jesus, Please!
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No Jerks for Jesus, Please!

  “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these...

Sunflowers for Everybody!
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Sunflowers for Everybody!

Yo howdy! Let’s be joyful, folks, united in our Faith in Creator/Creation. Let’s in celebration of this gift of this life blessed with an abundance of sunflowers! Gardening with God has given us all a chance to share in summertime sunflower ministry! From our loaves and fishes-like garden we can harvest a sunflower bloom for...

Sharing Our Voices
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Sharing Our Voices

Hello CCC! I came across a podcast recently with a story I had shared with everyone a couple years ago, but it seemed worth sharing again. This was a TED Talk on the power of our voices, how voices are unique, and what does that mean for people who use synthetic voices to communicate? This...

Traveling Can Inspire
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Traveling Can Inspire

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou Ahoy! As you read this, Brad and I are somewhere on a boat. We sailed out last...