[planter box filled with rubble] Is it too easy for us to talk of kingdoms that grow from fertile soil, and seeds that bear grain when, for most of the world, the soil is too dry, too denuded, too lifeless where there is no water to drink let alone water a plant. where people try…
i found a chemical analysis of soil, which i used as a background for the following reflection. a pdf of that can be downloaded here: seeds_soil1.pdf) reflection: We can reduce healthy soil to a chemical equation: a mix of elements put together in the right order and the right measure. But life is more than…
[planter box with sprouting mustard seeds in the shape of the word ‘love’, bread on plates – including gluten free option] The promise of the kingdom is that grain will grow tall enough to harvest. The promise of the kingdom is also that there will be enough grain to make bread for all. Take a…
During the time for the stations we had the sound track from here playing on a loop, and also a loop of quicktime movies, which showed plant cells and roots growing (i imported them into keynote and looped that). That was projected onto a wall, onto which we’d stuck sheets of white paper. in front…
[welcome if you’ve come visiting after the alt worship workshop yesterday at Otira… it was a good day… thanks for your participation] this is the worship we did in the morning. it was based on this Sunday’s lectionary reading, Mark 4:26-28, the story of the kingdom of God being like the farmer who plants the…
