Companions in the Neighborhood

May 13, 2013
companion planting

– by Andy Wade – What does it mean to become a companion in the neighborhood? Many of you know that I’m an avid gardener. You probably also know by now that the garden is one of my favorite places to talk with God. It’s probably no surprise that, while sitting around tables at a [...]

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Missing Resurrection – reprise

April 9, 2013
Bee on dandilion

– by Andy Wade – 4/28/2012 (revision 4/5/2013) God smacked me upside the head with an amazing double rainbow the other day. The colors were so intense in one of the arcs that I could easily distinguish the many bands of color painted across the sky. I had to stop. I had to just stand [...]

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Gangster Gardening

March 10, 2013
Garden Fresh Vegetables

– by Andy Wade – Gangster Gardening. That’s what South Central LA resident, Ron Finley, said was needed to transform his neighborhood. Perhaps it’s also the attitude we need to take on as we look for creative ways to build sustainable-living communities. Like so many urban centers, there’s a lack of fresh, healthy foods and [...]

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Let the Pie Work

March 9, 2013
MIB 3

– by Andy Wade – “My grandaddy always said, if you got a problem you can’t solve, it helps to get it out of your head.Pie. It’s good.” Following that advice I would gain a lot of weight! Those words from Men in Black III caught me off guard. But then when I stepped back [...]

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Infused with the Breath of God

February 22, 2013
urn with ash

– by Andy Wade – Peanuts circa 1954, Pig-Pen enters the comic strip in a cloud of dust. We don’t know his real name… “I haven’t got a name… people just call me things.” As the dust rises around him, Pig-Pen proudly announces he’s surrounded by the dust of ancient civilizations. He is as perceptive [...]

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Ash Wednesday, a doorway into Lent

February 14, 2013
Ash Wednesday

– by Andy Wade – For the Western Church, yesterday marked the beginning of Lent, 40 days of self-examination, of deep reflection, of humility. One thing that bothers me about Ash Wednesday is the smearing of ashes thing. While there is good, biblical support for acts of repentance marked by ashes, I wrestle with those [...]

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Lenten Prose

February 7, 2013
The Lenten Rose

– by Andy Wade – Lenten Rose breaking through winter’s crust head bowed facing earth fertile soil from whence you sprang humble beauty calling us to bow our heads remembering from dust were we created to dust we shall return AFWade 2.6.2013 Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 13. We invite you to join with [...]

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Embracing the Imagination of God

February 1, 2013
Hundertwasser House

–by Andy Wade– After spending time in the garden of my mind, planning this year’s garden (see earlier posts here and here) I was reminded of this post from two years ago. How do we create beauty in collaboration with the Creator? Are we willing to be daring in design? What would it look like [...]

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Cultivating Faith

January 28, 2013
2013 garden plan

– by Andy Wade – As I was reading the Bible this morning, another garden connection emerged. For those of you who are not gardeners, be patient, it may take a minute to get there. Today’s lesson started in Scripture, led me to reflect on the garden, then with new garden insights, led me back [...]

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I Am But a Worm (part-2)

January 23, 2013

– by Andy Wade — In my last post I mentioned the amazing restorative possibilities of the lowly worm. There is a Worm Theology that is quite old. In the presence of God, I am nothing but a worm. There’s been a diversity of thought about how this plays out, from “ pity-poor me” to “without [...]

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