Gardening done in a Sabbath spirit renews us, builds community and quietly prepares for a future we cannot control.
Andrew Hudson
Andrew Hudson is a seminary graduate and former organic farmer who now promotes local food in the Sarasota, Florida area. He’s experimenting with something he’s calling Sabbath gardening — still taking shape — as a way of responding to the church’s needs in an uncertain future. He loves singing, justice-y gatherings, and anticipating the arrival of his grandson-to-be this February.
There’s a curious phrase in the first chapter of Acts: “a sabbath day’s journey.” It refers to the short walk between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives — just under a mile. What I love about this detail is that it shows how Sabbath is not only about what we don’t do, but about how we move through the world with intention.
