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May 2009 Seed Sampler: The Spirituality of Gardening

Genesis 2 says that God “planted” a garden. He didn’t speak it into being in this case; he knelt in the ground and got his hands dirty. Is it significant that God planted a garden for humans to live in—a garden that he then charged Adam and Eve to cultivate—instead of a self-sustained wilderness or a prosperous city?

The garden has seemingly unending lessons to teach us about the character of God and how we ought to live in response. Christine Sine has compiled 15 years of gardening experience and spiritual lessons in a garden manual called To Garden With God and is hosting two garden spirituality workshops this spring—one was on April 25th and the other is on May 30th.

This Seed Sampler is a little taste of what Christine has learned and what she shares the manual. The lead article and the prayer are taken from the manual’s introduction. There are photos of the April workshop from one of the attendees, a review of Vigen Guroian’s Inheriting Paradise, a video from theooze.tv on sustainable practices, and tons of gardening resources for your own backyard garden. May you feel God’s presence while you kneel in the dirt.

Blessings,
Judy Naegeli
Seed Sampler coordinator

Seed Smile | Read the ‘Other’ Month
Seed Story | To Garden With God, by Christine Sine
Liturgy | Earth, Teach Me to Remember, Ute American Prayer
Reflection | Photos from the Spirituality of Gardening Workshop, from Manuel Sanchez of Ecclesia Houston
Seed Share | Review of Inheriting Paradise by Vigen Guroian, from Christianity Today
Seed Share | From Grease into Gospel, from theooze.tv
Seed Share | Birds, Spiders, and Prophets, by Christine Sine
Seed Share | An Unorganized and Not-At-All-Comprehensive List of International Gardening Resources
Resources | from the Garden Manual

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