Garden Themed Bible Studies--updated April, 2017

Looking for a garden themed Bible study?  Over the years we’ve posted quite a few on the UALC Community Garden blog and related blogs.  We’ve collected them here because their varying dates and locations can make them hard to find. The update precedes the body of the orginal post.

We hope they’re helpful to you. 

UPDATE:

Praying about rain

John 15--Growing God's Joy

John 15--On the other hand

John 15--Don't fire the gardener

John 15--Unfruitful Branches, part 1

John 15--Unfruitful Branches--Part 2

John 15--pruning, part 1--What is pruning" 

John 15--Pruning, Part 2--We all need pruned

John 15--Pruning , Part 3--Removing obstacles to God's light

John 15--Pruning, part 4--Pruning through adversity

John 15--Pruning, Part 5--How to respond to pruning through adversity

John 15--Pruning, Part 6--Pruning through counsel

John 15--Pruning, part 7

Prayer, Compost & Composting

Fruit from weeds--Insight 1--its much better to prevent weeds than to have to pull them

Fruit from weeds--Insight 2--Don't put it off 

Fruit from weeds-Insight 3--Start with the biggest weed

Fruit from weeds--Insight 4--Pull straight up

Fruit from Weeds--Insight 5--Don't get discouraged, stay focused on what's right in front of you, and enjoy what you can

Fruit From Weeds--Insight 6--Enjoy it     

Fruit from weeds--Insight 7, One weed at a time

Fruit from weeds--Insight 8, Its easier to weed well tended soil and its easier to pull one weed after you have pulled another

Fruit from weeds--Insight 9--even weeds can be redeemed 

What we can learn about the Christian Life from Composting--Part 1--The end product is greater than the sum of its parts

What we can learn about the Christian life from composting--Part 2--Good things come from humble ingredients

What we can learn from Mark 4:26-32

What we can learn about the Christian Life from composting--Part 3--the ingredients must be transformed by something beyond themselves

 

What we can learn about the Christian life from composting--We have to go through tough stuff, but God gets us through

Lackluster crops & Laodiceans--Part 1--blocking the Son

lackluster crops & Laodeceans--part 2--Recovering from Mistakes

Lackluster crops & Laodeceans--part 3--Turning mistakes to the good

Confession is a lot like weeding

Confession also seems to be a lot like composting

Learning from the Mustard Seed--part 1--Surrendering to transformation

Learning from the Mustard Seed--Part 2--Extending beyond ourselves in love

Learning from the Mustard Seed--Part 3--Trusting in God's providence      

Learning from the Mustard Seed--Part 4--being open to blessing on multiple levels

What we can learn from earthworms

Another insight from composting--Utility

Another insight from composting--Transformation  

Another insight from composting--Beyond the dramatic

Another insight from composting--Multiple fruits 

Another insight from composting--Credit where credit is due

Side dressing prayer

What can we learn about service from a wheelbarrow--Part 1

What we can learn about service from a wheelbarrow--part 2   

Responding to Blessing--Part 1--Consider how we got here

Responding to Blessing--Part 2--Savoring the the blessing & Praising its source

Responding to Blessing--Part 3--Passing it on  

 Merry Last day of Christmas

What we can learn about a productive Christian life from a garden hose--Part 5  

Jesus spotted at the UALC Community Garden

Consequences: Genesis 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 9

Preliminary Work: What we can learn from Joseph & Daniel

Psalm 1

What we can learn from a "tree planted near streams": Psalm 1

There's usually more going on than meets the eye: Proverbs 13:11

What we can learn about discipline from Tomato Cages (Mostly from Proverbs)

Wise Counsel (Based on Proverbs)

Meditations on Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2

Mediations of Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: God calls us to Him

Meditations on Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: Fruitfulness sometimes requires hardship

Meditations on Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: Fruitfulness requires healthy responses to pressure

Meditations on Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: We must get rid of "stones" to be fruitful

Lenten Meditations of Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: The good stuff comes from God

Meditations on Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: Protecting our fruitfulness

Meditations on Fruitfulness based on Isaiah 5:1-2: God is looking for fruit

Jeremiah 17:5-8

Parable of the Wheat and the Tares: Matthew 13:24-30 & 36-43

Making "Good Soil": Matthew 13:8, Mark 4:8 & Luke 8:8

More on making "Good Soil"; Matthew 13:8, Mark 4:8 & Luke 8:8

A prayer for "Good Soil": Luke 8:4-8, 11-15

Becoming Good Soil: The Process of Becoming Fruitful    

Weeds: Luke 8:7

John 5:1-17

Planning the Garden (Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12 & 14)

Filling In Spaces: Galatians 6:8-18

What we can learn about being transformed from our tomatoes

Unexpected Fruit from Long Dormant Seeds

What we can learn from our Okra: We are blessed so we can bless

Appreciating Rain

More About Rain

A Gardener's Prayer

What we can lean about being productive Christians from a garden hose: Serving our true purpose

What we can learn about being productive Christians from a garden hose: Being connected to the source

What we can learn about being productive Christians from a garden hose: Problems that limit productivity

What we can learn about being productive Christians from a garden hose: solutions to those problems

Growing our roots

What we can learn from Dandelions: the importance of being well rooted

Cutting back the grasses

Making the most of spare minutes

Digging through the dirt

Pornography is like an invasive plant