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| The four little planter-box-crosses are added to the Jerusalem Cross raised beds. The fencing around the raised beds is temporary until the boundary fences are complete. |
Each one belonged in my emerging potager garden. And it felt good to see them there, encouraging me to better "talk the walk, and, walk the talk."
The four little planter-box-crosses symbolizing acts of devotion, acts of worship, acts of compassion, and acts of justice took their place on my Jerusalem cross raised bed yesterday.
Particularly rewarding was adding "acts of justice" in light of the recent marches against violent policing and racism in the USA and world. For without justice, Christianity forgets its' founder and enables the kingdoms of this world.
I need to get better about doing justice! And so Carla and I marched in Spokane last Saturday for non-violent policing and for justice. A well behaved, multi-racial crowd participated, until the disrupters and political stirrers, late in the day, did their distracting from the peaceful focus on justice.
Acts of justice. Acts of compassion. Acts of devotion. Acts of worship. If I would faithfully follow Jesus, all four are necessary - even if it costs because friends and congregation members fear and resist a Jesus-lifestyle of love in action.
Now it's time to plant. In the four little cross-shaped planter boxes, I'll be experimenting with some different herbs - lovage, caraway, cilantro and Persian mint. They'll flavor my dishes in new, creative ways. And, as I practice the four acts of devotion, worship, compassion and justice, my spiritual walk will be flavored too by the life and nation-building, world-shaping love of the man from Nazareth.
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This article touches on a shocking truth about white evangelical religion in the USA today that all Christians must honestly and non-defensively wrestle with. We have to recover justice to recover our souls!
