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More Than a Forest
When a forest gets to be this old and untouched, it becomes something more than a forest. It becomes what we would think of as a mind, with history… Rick Bass
Present in All Directions
When you are present in your own life it extends infinitely in every direction. John Tarrant
To Be Alive
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable…but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christi
Celebrating Wildflowers
For me, celebrating the wildflowers or the birds is like a kind of worship. Michael Longley
The Mystery of Grace
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace–only that it meets us where we are but doesn’t leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott
Changing Our Minds
Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity (it did not need changing)! Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God. Richard Rohr, OSF
The Blessed Mountains
These blessed mountains are so compactly filled with God’s beauty, no petty personal hope or experience has room to be . . . . the whole body seems to feel beauty when exposed to it as it feels the campfire or sunshine, entering not by the… Continue Reading “The Blessed Mountains”
