fluffing my hair up, for a bit of Sunday chat
Here's a lazy photo update for my lazy lady's straw bale garden
1. dreads day 25, 2. IMG_0628, 3. straw bale garden update (2), 4. straw bale garden update (3), 5. straw bale garden update, 6. straw bale garden update (5)Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Some plants are doing well. Others are so-so. One basil withered and died while the others thrive. Same with the parsley, one is dying while the other grows beautifully. I think moisture must be the key. I need to let future straw bale plots sit for a few months to compact and compost enough to hold more water.
I want to go get about ten more straw bales. I just need to call the farmer and set it up. I hate making phone calls and will procrastinate a bit longer.
On Sundays I find myself thinking every now and then that I'd like to go to church. I consider myself a Christian, a very liberal Christian with influences from other spiritual traditions. I prefer to focus on life now and don't understand all the focus on salvation. I believe there any many paths to a relationship with the divine, including but not limited to the Christian tradition. I'd like to go the Unitarian or Quaker fellowships, but both are about 40 minutes to an hour away. I'm just not willing to spend 2 hours of my peaceful Sundays on the road. I considered visiting an Episcopal church, because they show some signs of liberalism with their acceptance of gay clergy.
I want the best of everything. I want a liberal fellowship nearby (within ten minutes) where my kids can see people working together, for the community, with faith and acceptance, regardless of sexual orientation. I'd like a group that has a food pantry, community garden, and possibly a free clothing closet- as a service to the community. I want a group that isn't trying to save and baptize my kids. I want a group that can teach me about social justice action. I'm more of a looker and talker than a do-er, so I need the prodding of an active social justice fellowship. I want it ALL!
editing to add currently reading:
Just finished enjoying
Geisha , a Life
By Mineko Iwasaki
Now starting
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNew China
By Matthew Polly
Love the hair and the earrings Hans
ReplyDeleteYour views and wants match mine exactly, and I am also more of a looker and talker then a do-er. I live in a small, (and conservative) area and I have given up on actually finding a church that can fit my desire, beliefs and personality, (and I am also not willing to drive a long ways). So for now the rolling hills and farmlands are my church, and the cows and goats my fellow parishioners. Good luck on your search!
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about the church. I found one like that once (officially Anglican, but a very eclectic congregation) and was part of it for 5 gloriously connected and consciousness-expanding years. Then we moved away and I've never found another... I long for it, but I just can't settle. In the meantime, I roam the woods.
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