Beloveds,
Tomorrow a pile of compost will be dumped behind Kenan’s and my house, as we start to enrich the soil we hope will bear fruit this coming season. As I anticipate digging my hands into the barrels full of dark, rich dirt, I can’t help but think of Thomas who put his hand into the side of his Savior — earth to earth, flesh to flesh.
Jesus is, after all, the Gardener. Mary was right about that. And all the earth, as the mystic Teilhard de Chardin wrote, is our altar. What then is to stop us from digging right in with Thomas — into the dirt, into our wounds, and into the healing made possible through Christ?
This Saturday you are invited to join St. Timothy families, as we gather with Lower Phalen Creek Project to pick up trash at Wakan Tipi, a sacred site for Dakota and other Native peoples (see below for that registration link). All around St. Paul, others will gather in their neighborhoods too, to touch the earth and be part of its regrowth.
May we encounter the Risen Christ in all of our senses, digging into the sacred, earthy flesh of God before us now.
Liesl
Please register here.
