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Posted on May 24, 2026
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Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.
Posted on May 20, 2026
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Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, garden, illinois, lawn, lilacia park, lombard, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, robin wall kimmerer, tree, tulips
Posted on March 15, 2026
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Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
Posted on August 10, 2025
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Faith is only found when needed,only real when used.Until then it is a seed . . .
Category: SpiritualityTags: ancient bristlecone forest, bristlecone pine, eastern sierras, forest, judith a hartley, national park, nature, photo, photography, pine cone bud, quote, tree, white mountains
Posted on March 12, 2025
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“Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way… Continue Reading “Wisdom of the Pueblo People”
Posted on December 18, 2024
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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
Posted on October 6, 2024
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Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: Care of the EarthTags: acadia national park, autumn, autumn colors, bird, blue jay, joy harjo, maine, nature, photo, photography, poems, quote, santa sabina center retreat, tree
Posted on September 29, 2024
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I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver, and at the seagulls and other birds as they glide on the wind. As long as this exists…and I may live to see… Continue Reading “Finding Joy”
Posted on June 16, 2024
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“A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Birdsong”
Category: SpiritualityTags: bird, blackbird, jubilee farm, nature, new berlin - illinois, photo, photography, quote, rainer maria rilke, red winged blackbird, santa sabina center retreat, tree
Posted on April 24, 2024
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“We must widen our vision to a christification of the galaxies, a new unity of all cosmic life. To do so we must fix our eyes on the future, on forging new relationships of love that include the earth, all peoples, all religions, all… Continue Reading “Reimagination”
Category: Care of the EarthTags: bridge, lagoon, nature, photo, photography, quote, richard rohr, santa cruz, santa sabina center retreat, sunrise, tree