When Seeds Sprout
(August 23, 2024)
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you’re just coming back from three weeks of vacation, you return to work a different person than when you left. For me these days allowed me to mostly step back from a church-related “to-do” list, and to reconnect with the things I love but always put aside for the sake of work.
That reconnection to non-work has been with the small vegetable garden I’ve been growing wherever possible in containers around the condo. Places that still get sun where the shadow of the oak forest in our backyard doesn’t fall.
There’s an art to coaxing tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers out of moving patches of sunlight. But when I returned with vacation free time on my hands, my heart began to plan a harvest at the end that would allow for at least one, glorious pot of summer harvest soup.
The trouble is, someone else had their desires set on my summer garden. To find out what happened in this “whodunnit,” you’ll need to watch or listen to my message, “Vacation Recipes: Summer Soup and Vanishing Tomatoes” this Sunday at 10 AM:
Preservation Partnership Moves Forward
So many things have happened to us all and to our country these past few weeks, and we’ll take a look at some of these amazing moments too. But for people of the First Congregational Church,
the good news -- the BIG news -- just happened last night: The Danbury Zoning Board of Appeals approved our list of requested zoning variances!
THAT is the first step toward our Preservation Partnership with Bob Botelho, which allows him to start the process toward building a beautiful senior housing facility connected to our church building.
It is a massive move toward sustaining First Church into the future. Much more has to be done, but this step was a big one.
Thanks to everyone who turned out for the hearing, and who signed the petition supporting our project. More to come, and very soon there will be a chance to tour our current property to see the improvements Bob and his crew have already achieved.
In the meantime, be sure to join me for the tomato mystery message on Sunday.