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Feeling uprooted?

3/21/2013

 
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We recently took a fairly large bush out of our yard.  Leon pulled it up with the tractor, by the roots.  We left the plant where it was for a few days, to let the dirt dry out so it would be lighter in weight to move.

Funny thing.  I walked by it a couple of days post excavation, and it was blooming – flowers galore!  There was enough nourishment and water in the plant for it to think it was still alive and growing, even though it was completely separated from the ground and its home.  It bloomed for a while, great guns.  Then it started to wilt, because it was disconnected from that which gave it water, food, and life; apart from that which translated the elements into what was needed for life.

We are choosing to not replant it – in truth, I am not a gardener and not even sure if it would live if it WAS replanted.  But I know this about people:  even when they’ve been uprooted for a long while, regrowth and reconnection is possible.

Been uprooted a while?  Think you’re blooming when in fact you’re just going through the motions?  Welcome home.  We love to add new plants to the garden.  Happy Easter.



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    Reverend Donald Chase, Minister

          We welcome back to First Christian Church the Rev. Don   Chase, who was installed as FCC Minister on November 4, 2018. Reverend Chase is the director of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and Clinical Chaplain at the Lexington VA Medical Center, where he has served   for the past 12 years.  He is an ACPE Certified Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) with the National Association of VA Chaplains (NAVAC), and an ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).  

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