As the month of August draws to a close we are grateful for all this last month of summer has brought to the garden. From the Hildegard...

Greetings everyone! I am back from three weeks spent in spiritual renewal and regeneration while immersed in nature and with family. I am...

The month of August has begun and with it the countdown until summer travel season ends, school begins again and feed and be fed hosts...

Two years ago a friend invited me to a protest. It was early in the pandemic and it took time to make the decision to go. The protest was...

Don't miss out on this unique Retreat lead by Rev. Dr. Shannon Sterringer who is traveling from Ohio to lead us in a deeper knowledge and...

There's something special about summers in the Garden. From the summer crops exploding off the vines to the kids free from school...

The garden is looking phenomenal these days with the harvesting of healthy looking eggplant, cucumber, kale, herbs, nasturtium seeds and...

Art by Monica A few years ago there was a trend of marking social media postings with #Blessed. It was a way of showing gratitude for or...

It is truly summertime, the garden is filling up with tomatoes and squash. The little sprouts are splashing in the sensory play water...

June has been a busy month for The Garden Church. We elected Rev. Dave Brown to serve as a part time pastor alongside me, and I was...

This Sunday we will be holding a Ministry Transition Service as I retire from the ministry of the Garden Church. Rev. Dr. Amanda Adams...

This Sunday we are delighted to welcome Rev. Thom Muller as guest preacher. Rev. Thom serves the Hillside Community Church of El Cerrito,...

This Sunday is the Christian Holiday known as Pentecost. It is the day the church was born as a community of faith for believers to...

I am writing this not even two full days after the mass shooting of grade school children in Uvalde, Texas. And I am heartsick. So soon...

As we slowly slide into summer the evidence is all over the garden. Tiny squash and zucchini, tomatoes ready to be planted and the first...

Here at the Garden Church we are visited by many who suffer affliction -- which probably includes all for us to some degree -- and we...

When someone starts up a new church it is called a church "planting." And after seven years on West 6th St., San Pedro, California, both...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of standing with Peter Rothe and a class of 4th graders at the Vic and Bonnie Christensen Science...

Please note: Easter worship is at 10:00 am not our usual 4:00 pm. In the Luke version of the resurrection story, the angels say to the...

There are a lot of Holy Seasons happening now and in the coming weeks. Our Muslim siblings began the month of Ramadan this past Saturday,...