It is truly summertime, the garden is filling up with tomatoes and squash. The little sprouts are splashing in the sensory play water...

June has been a busy month for The Garden Church. We elected Rev. Dave Brown to serve as a part time pastor alongside me, and I was...

This Sunday we will be holding a Ministry Transition Service as I retire from the ministry of the Garden Church. Rev. Dr. Amanda Adams...

This Sunday we are delighted to welcome Rev. Thom Muller as guest preacher. Rev. Thom serves the Hillside Community Church of El Cerrito,...

This Sunday is the Christian Holiday known as Pentecost. It is the day the church was born as a community of faith for believers to...

I am writing this not even two full days after the mass shooting of grade school children in Uvalde, Texas. And I am heartsick. So soon...

As we slowly slide into summer the evidence is all over the garden. Tiny squash and zucchini, tomatoes ready to be planted and the first...

Here at the Garden Church we are visited by many who suffer affliction -- which probably includes all for us to some degree -- and we...

When someone starts up a new church it is called a church "planting." And after seven years on West 6th St., San Pedro, California, both...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of standing with Peter Rothe and a class of 4th graders at the Vic and Bonnie Christensen Science...

Please note: Easter worship is at 10:00 am not our usual 4:00 pm. In the Luke version of the resurrection story, the angels say to the...

There are a lot of Holy Seasons happening now and in the coming weeks. Our Muslim siblings began the month of Ramadan this past Saturday,...

Mortal, can these dry bones live? So the Lord God asks the prophet Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones. [see Ezekiel 37:1-14 NRSV] The...

At Garden Church every Sunday our Prayer of Confession begins: Holy and Merciful God, we acknowledge that we are on the homeland of the...

This Sunday is the 3rd Sunday in the church season of Lent. Together the Garden Church is reading through the gospel of Luke together and...

For those who want to save their life, Jesus tells us [Mark 8:35] , will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the...

It is Lent! Yesterday marked the beginning of the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. A time to gather, read scripture, recall our...

Whatever our race or ethnicity, however long ago or recently we or our ancestors came to this continent, black history is our history as...

I will confess that I am approaching this week's topic, Jesus and Capitalism, with considerable trepidation. There are many for whom...

In the garden things are growing like crazy, the feed and be fed farm stand at the farmer's market (in Little Italy, 638 S. Beacon St.)...