Articles on Nature

  • Life at the Pace of Walking

    Life at the Pace of Walking

    Today’s post is by Cordelia Burpee “Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.” ~Abraham Joshua Heschel I have been doing a lot of walking lately. I thought it might be boring—all that time alone with no one to talk to, nothing to listen to—but I have realized…

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  • Simplicity comes

    Simplicity comes

    Simplicity comes when we are wholly yielded to God. ~Thomas Kelly  

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  • Letting God Lead

    Letting God Lead

    Today’s post is by the late Gerald May There is a huge difference, I have found, between acting as if God were leading—which is what I do when my ego tries to decide and implement what God wants—and really letting God lead, which happens when my ego stops filtering and controlling and begins simply to…

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  • Full Openness

    Full Openness

    Full openness is God’s image revealed in us. ~Tilden Edwards    

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  • Exposed to the Light

    Exposed to the Light

    Everything exposed to the Light itself becomes light. ~Ephesians 5:14  

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  • Ancient Eternal Presence

    Ancient Eternal Presence

    Today’s post is by Jamie Deering. Nature. Wild and free. Tempestuous and Serene. Open and Life-giving. Healing. This could describe nature anywhere, and for me, it describes the wonder and magnificence of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. I’ve lived in desert, middle ground, and for the last 33 years, mountain, sea and open air. …

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