Articles on Nature
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Calm, Open and Harmonious
Today’s post is by Bryan Berghoef The current stage of life I’m in is busy. I have four active kids in elementary and middle school. Daily I find myself driving them to practice, to track meets, to school activities. I work as a pastor in a new church setting in which I am the only…
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Greater comfort
There is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question. ~Thomas Merton
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Embraced by the Earth
Today’s post is by Anita Davidson Memories of my childhood are very incomplete and foggy, except for a few. As Earth Day approaches, one of them keeps recurring and the memory isn’t just in my mind. It’s deeply visceral. So much so that I feel compelled to write it down. I was born and raised…
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The Birthing of a New Earth Consciousness
Article by Ann Dean (April 2018 eNews) I am the rain coming from the dew that causes the grasses to laugh with the joy of life. I am the yearning for good. Hildegard of Bingen The quality I most…
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All the buried seeds
All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can’t see. ~Mark Nepo
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Iona Musings
Today’s post is by Bryan Berghoef Not I—not anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it yourself. ~Walt Whitman A slight wind sweeps over the rocky hill, a cool relief after my quick walk and brief climb. Shoes off, I lean back on the grassy spot I’ve claimed and look around…