May 15 Roof Garden Ritual, Draft 1
May 3, 2009
Dear friends, Paul and I are planning a ritual around Jesus’ story of the sower, the seeds, and the good soil. Please see draft 1.0 below and post a comment… what do you notice? Email bowie@faithhousemanhattan.org for directions if you’d like to come on Friday, May 15th at 7 PM.
Opening
Paul awakens our wonder with a “fool’s mass” of garden items
Remembering
Someone reads Gospel story about sower, seeds and soil
Second Reading Genesis 1
Thinking
Group discussion
Doing
Bowie helps people put together bags of seeds and soil, offers ideas on sowing.
Departing
Group prayers and blessings on our bags
3 Responses to “May 15 Roof Garden Ritual, Draft 1”
Right away, the “fool’s mass” jumps out at me. What does that mean? What will it look like?
In thinking about the scripture, I also wonder about what role we play in planting, in being the “sower.” Do we imitate God when we plant something and watch it grow?
The last thing I wondered was if it would be possible to do some gardening on Bowie’s roof. Could we start the work of planting together and take seeds home to continue on our own?
Thanks Bowie and Paul! I’m excited for Friday.
By Sarah on May 10, 2009
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By Morozov on May 15, 2009
A highlight of this ritual was a discussion on how to make “good soil” in the form of compost, an ongoing project on my roof garden. We dug deep down into my compost pot and all had a chance to handle the dark, rich, sweet smelling “good soil” that had formed. One person remarked how different it was from the “compacted dust” that passes for soil in NYC. We used some of the compost in our “seed bombs” (the bags of soil and seeds) that we later used for guerilla gardening!
By Bowie on Oct 18, 2009