06.06.2025 | Friday in Eastertide

We can hear the thunder here in the Carondelet Garden in south Saint Louis.  The rain has started and the weather folks tell us we can expect thunderstorms throughout the day.  Wends are light and variable.  

Walter Brueggemann passed away yesterday.  He was an Old Testament scholar and, in so many ways, a modern prophet.  He wrote "The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who trust God's abundance."  A bit of hope and grace on this gloomy Friday morning.  

To be a gardener is to believe in God's abundance.  The very idea that you can take a tiny seed, plant it in some dirt, give it some love, water and sunshine, and then wait a little while. Then something miraculous happens!  To be a gardener you cannot believe in scarcity you must trust in the abundance of the Creator to create everything.

Happy Friday gardening friends.  Be good to yourself.  Be kind to your neighbors.  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.