We all admire those who can maintain inner peace while surrounded by violent conflict. And the converse can also hold: outward peace can...

We are in the church season of Advent, our larger culture is in the season of Holiday and Christmas preparations. The stores are having...

This Sunday as we enter the Advent season, we begin a worship series based on the song Mary sang when it was announced to her that she...

This Sunday we are fortunate to Welcome Rev. Joshua Yee. Rev. Yee is the pastor of St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Rolling Hills...

This Sunday the Garden Church will welcome the Rev. Dr. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth to the Garden. Rev. Bridgeforth, is an ordained minister,...

This Sunday we are continuing our Perspectives sermon series with Liberation Theology. Liberation Theology grew primarily from Latin...

Exuberance! I love the word, and I am going to make it the keynote for this Sunday. In the Swedenborgian tradition that sponsors the...

Each year in late October the street of downtown San Pedro fill with people out to celebrate and mark the Mexican Holiday called the "Day...

This week I realized that Sunday, October 24th will mark the 65th anniversary of women's ordination in my denomination, the Presbyterian...

What better way to end our series on water than to welcome the rainy season? The other day some dramatic thunderstorms rolled through the...

As we continue our sermon series on water we will spend time withe story of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. In the...

This last Sunday our church board chair organized and led a beach clean up for our community. We gathered at designated spot at Cabrillo...

As we continue to celebrate Water Month at the Garden Church, we take to heart a saying of Jesus: "Whoever gives even a cup of cold water...

"Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their...

Easily taken for granted, available at the turn of a tap, the water cycle makes possible our lives and our civilization. You may have...

September at the Garden Church has been dedicated to water. We're going to spend this month focused on this precious resource and part of...

In nearly every group I have been a part of for the past week the same dominate theme continues--we are tired, we are overwhelmed, we are...

Both at the Garden and at the Farm our summer crops are slowing down. They are still putting out new shoots of life but more slowly now....

At the Garden Church we have been delving into the prophets, and this Sunday we read from the prophet Nahum. Nahum takes great glee in...

None of us stands alone. People who seem to have it all together financially, and are apparently safe and secure, can through a series of...