Last Sunday we had a potluck and dedication in honor of the newly built Hyde Park Community Garden. It’s really shaping up. As many have inquired about a plot and alas – or yay, in a way – the original 12 plots are already reserved, we’re already examining the feasibility of building another 12 or so. I’ll keep you posted here.
The very young and the very old from both church and neighboring community turned out to see the planting, ushering in an era of new life and activity in Hyde Park.
Hyde Park Christian Church, on 45th and Eilers just off of Duvall, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008. My parents were married here. I’m glad to have found my way back to it, to have the opportunity to lead the garden project and positively influence the health of others in any small way.
There are many greatest generation folks at this church. From whom will we learn when they are gone? This question leads me back each Sunday, to visit with them and hear the scriptures that have made me who I am.
It’s a bit of a crazy thing to be a Christian these days. But I guess the same could be said for the past 2,000 – it’s the context we lack. Recently I’ve been heartened to meet others who claim the name Christian but, like me, think different, to quote one of our beloved corporate taglines. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian, who co-hosted last Sunday’s Raj Patel book signing and lecture with fellow progressive Christian, Professor Bob Jensen.
Here, in yellow, is my pastor, Rev. James McKibben, whose sweater may look a bit lumpy because he’s just undergone a full shoulder replacement following an accident over the holidays:
See, I am doing a new thing! Do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert /and streams in the wasteland. – Isaiah 43:19
Off to check on my greens now! Enjoy this amazing weather.
