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You’ve Got Mail: Tough times will pass

January 28, 2026 sgardener

On January 24, Salvage Gardeners began unpacking Paul’s letter to the Romans, looking at identity, Paul’s and ours; and we…

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You’ve Got Mail: You are welcome here

January 27, 2026 sgardener

On January 24, Salvage Gardeners began unpacking Paul’s letter to the Romans, looking at identity, Paul’s and ours; and we…

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You’ve Got Mail: You are a gift to this troubled world

January 26, 2026 sgardener

On January 24, Salvage Gardeners began unpacking Paul’s letter to the Romans, looking at identity, Paul’s and ours; and we…

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You’ve Got Mail: Letter Writing and Writing Our Stories

January 25, 2026 sgardener

Excerpts from the message by Melissa Guthrie at The Banquet: Sensory Worship on January 24, 2026, reflecting on Romans 1:1-7…

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10,000 Reasons to give thanks. . .

Tracy's List

  1. morning
  2. seat warmers
  3. friends
  4. Christmas lights
  5. cookies
  6. new flavors
  7. gardens -- veggie & flower
  8. ribbons & bows
  9. shadows
  10. healing
  11. morning mercies
  12. evening praise
  13. beauty
  14. the ordinary
  15. plans
  16. spontanaiety
  17. candles
  18. unending joy
  19. seeing people you haven't seen in a while
  20. innocence
  21. understanding
  22. now
  23. acceptance
  24. serving
  25. being served
  26. that feeling when you get up in the middle of the night to pee and look at the clock and realize you still have several hours of sleep left
  27. my grandson's smile
  28. Brandon's head bumps
  29. reconciliation
  30. neighbors
  31. deep voices
  32. wings
  33. flying
  34. faith
  35. evangelism
  36. generosity
  37. outreach
  38. emotions
  39. volunteers
  40. God's provision
  41. miracles
  42. mending
  43. fear but forging on
  44. Holy
  45. stars
  46. elephants
  47. glitter
  48. expecting
  49. fall on your knees
  50. Divine
  51. Justice
  52. paying attention
  53. brightness
  54. acknowledgement
  55. awake
  56. living
  57. words
  58. amazement
  59. never being alone
  60. comfort for my soul
  61. $5 bills
  62. messes
  63. fullness
  64. making room
  65. being heard
  66. hearing others
  67. Just as I am
  68. possibilities
  69. fables
  70. receiving what is offered
  71. pure love
  72. midnight blue
  73. 64 box of crayons
  74. understanding
  75. 168 hours
  76. making room
  77. 1% more
  78. justice
  79. Reconciliation
  80. quiet
  81. keep laughing
  82. the ability to say "I'm sorry"
  83. Things that are beyond language
  84. absurdity
  85. comfort
  86. being able to offer comfort to someone else
  87. letting go
  88. holding on
  89. not having to have a reason
  90. always
  91. dinner shared with a friend
  92. Christmas crackers
  93. paper crowns
  94. 2nd chances, 3rd chances, 4th chances...
  95. growth
  96. times of hibernation
  97. Joyful noises
  98. paper airplanes
  99. paper snowflakes
  100. New Years!
  101. conversations
  102. connections
  103. toilet paper
  104. Jazz hands
  105. Generosity
  106. just keep swimming
  107. a little shove
  108. The look parents give children (love, pride, something you can't put into words)
  109. Conversations shared in a hospital
  110. The look adult children give their parents
  111. a smile of reassurance
  112. ringing the bell at the cancer center
  113. warm biscuits & gravy
  114. People who just naturally seem to be happy but real
  115. smile of togetherness in the face of adversity
  116. warm coat
  117. ice on trees (but not too heavy)
  118. The joy of waiting for something good
  119. whirlwind of leaves dancing in the wind
  120. The golden light of the sun touching the treetops
  121. Old growth trees
  122. ivy & moss
  123. sitcoms
  124. old movies that you can share & you both know every word
  125. Irish accents
  126. green lights
  127. windows
  128. answers to questions
  129. wonder
  130. breathing
  131. recklessness (not while driving & not too much)
  132. kind people when I make a mistake
  133. Leading
  134. following
  135. teaching
  136. excitement
  137. spell check
  138. thinking
  139. feeling
  140. politeness
  141. hand squeezes
  142. action
  143. Good cancer checkups
  144. insulin
  145. testimony
  146. a murmuration of starlings
  147. a murder of crows
  148. a fluffle of bunnies
  149. a charm of finches
  150. the excitement that children (and adults) feel with a snowday
  151. sledding hills
  152. the comfort of prayer
  153. the advancement of devices to help differently abled people
  154. cartoons
  155. shared experiences
  156. internet
  157. fish tanks
  158. coral
  159. comfortable chairs
  160. laughing gas
  161. ability of the mind & body to survive
  162. Healing from always living in survival mode
  163. colored footprints on the floor to show you the way to go
  164. a clear path
  165. being able to get off the beaten path
  166. tassels on hats
  167. the joy of being different from others and/or yourself
  168. a new journal
  169. a new book
  170. an old book
  171. reading a book to a child & doing all the voices
  172. wordless books so you can make up your own story
  173. when a child reads a story to you and does all the voices
  174. lists
  175. crossing things off a list
  176. going listless!
  177. Bare trees in the fog
  178. snow on leaves
  179. coats
  180. the right song coming on at just the right time
  181. Abba father (not the group(not the group, I detest them)
  182. needed information
  183. people who check on you
  184. hugging a stranger
  185. saying yes
  186. The power of God that makes possible something you could never do on your own.
  187. happy accidents
  188. Kindle - lighter than books
  189. good pens
  190. sight
  191. medical staff who really listen & offer solutions instead of judgement
  192. invitation to come home
  193. being someone's "home
  194. being interrupted
  195. green grass
  196. smell of freshly cut grass
  197. someone shares your enthusiaisum for your joy
  198. Even if
  199. Bingo
  200. Gifts
  201. Prizes
  202. banter
  203. belly laughs
  204. developing friendship
  205. making friends with someone who there is no obvious connect
  206. Christian songs that say just what your heart is feeling
  207. coffee
  208. creamer
  209. insulated cups
  210. hearing someone you love make connections
  211. wanderlust
  212. Every season both earthly & spiritual
  213. Promises
  214. A sky of clouds that look like a blanket of cotton balls stretched just a little
  215. Being loved by the creator of the stars who put them in the sky & knows them & me by name
  216. A group of people coming together to share grief & sadness and hope for a new day
  217. Late night conversations
  218. Again!
  219. Standing up again
  220. Help
  221. the ability of God's word to apply to today
  222. freshly painted house
  223. colorful doors
  224. Jan & Feb thaw
  225. Being warmed by the sun
  226. overhearing people laughing
  227. shared grief
  228. Valentine's hearts
  229. oh the overwhelming, neverending reckless love of God
  230. new clothes
  231. hair
  232. shadows
  233. sprinkles of all kinds
  234. sprinkle play in the summer
  235. slip & slides
  236. swings
  237. hiking
  238. flag ceremonies
  239. badges
  240. brakes
  241. flowers growing anywhere they can even when man's plans get in the way
  242. making animal sounds when you pass the animal on the way
  243. polka dots
  244. glasses
  245. harmony in music & life
  246. art
  247. a relationship that works even when one of you likes Van Gogh & the other one likes Mario
  248. Pick up line at school
  249. ping pong balls
  250. milkshakes
  251. no condemnation
  252. coming home
  253. people you love coming home
  254. stained glass
  255. whirlie gigs
  256. old growth trees
  257. acorns with hats!
  258. seeds! all the possibilities
  259. go ice
  260. tomorrow
  261. someone you love holding the back of your hands
  262. parties
  263. holding hands, especially mothers' holding her childrens' hands
  264. common ground
  265. knowing someone
  266. Knowing yourself
  267. still being surprised
  268. a cozy rug on cold floors
  269. feather pillows
  270. eyeglasses
  271. making funny hairstyles with shampoo/bubblebath
  272. cool cars and motorcycles
  273. "angels among us"
  274. heroes
  275. being proud
  276. being humble
  277. little screwdrivers
  278. mailboxes
  279. stamps
  280. Doll Houses & furniture
  281. driving w/ windows down in Feb. music loud
  282. Pets
  283. penguins
  284. rocks
  285. blessing bags
  286. options
  287. dark gray & black together
  288. people believing in you
  289. animals playing
  290. glass door knobs
  291. butterfly kisses
  292. this opportunity to keep Tracy's list going, to remind ourselves of 10,000 reasons to give thanks (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  293. Henry - because he introduced me to his mom Kathryn who introduced me to Tracy (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  294. Tracy's willingness to listen to others (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  295. Praying with Tracy and she asks if she can pray for me and my family (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  296. the reminder (from Tracy) to say thank you before playing with new toys (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  297. naps (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  298. freshly laundered sheets (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  299. fireflies/lightning bugs (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  300. bees and pollination (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  301. good tissues (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  302. Vicks (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  303. soup on cold days (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  304. the offer from friends to bring you soup when you are sick (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  305. erasers (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  306. the Control+Z shortcut to undo the last thing (if only. . .) (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  307. a blank page - for whatever is next (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  308. a blank page WITHOUT LINES (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)
  309. Blue Circles (Melissa, Greensboro, NC)

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