{"id":501,"date":"2007-09-28T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-09-28T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T19:51:08","slug":"cultivating-peace-through-a-special-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/cultivating-peace-through-a-special-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating Peace through a Special Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/09\/28\/gardeningwithlarch.jpg\" title=\"\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Gardeningwithlarch\" title=\"Gardeningwithlarch\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/tawnawpot.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Be a gardener.<br \/>Dig a ditch,<br \/>Toil and sweat, <br \/>And turn the earth <br \/>upside down<br \/>And seek the deepness <br \/>And water the plants in time.<br \/>Continue this labor <br \/>And make sweet floods to run<br \/>And noble and abundant fruits to spring.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/09\/28\/tawnawpot.jpg\" title=\"\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"192\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tawnawpot\" title=\"Tawnawpot\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/tawnawpot.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a>Take this food and drink<br \/>And carry it to God<br \/>As your true worship.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Julian of Norwich<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethanypc.org\/\">Bethany Presbyterian Church<\/a> in Tacoma, Washington, cultivate peace by turning the soil and drawing close to their Creator. They decided to use their portion of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/peacemakingoffering\/\">Peacemaking Offering<\/a> to support L\u2019Arche Community\u2019s Farm &amp; Gardens of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/peacemakingoffering\/\">L\u2019Arche Tahoma Hope Community<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be a gardener. Dig a ditch, Toil and sweat, And turn the earth upside down And seek the deepness And water the plants in time. 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