Entering the “sacred grammar” of creation.
nature appreciation
“Glory be to God for changes.”
Proving that small decisions can be profound.
When you you most need to bring the outdoors in? During winter! Here’s how.
The routine of the garden year is split open by transcendent surprises.
John James Audubon questions whether we’re too blind to see the the beauty around us.
Rinsed with Gold, Endless, Walking the Fields By Robert Siegel Flourish magazine, Fall 2010 Let this day’s air praise the Lord— Rinsed with gold, endless, walking the fields, Blue and bearing the clouds like censers, Holding the sun like a single note Running through all things, a basso profundo Rousing the birds to an [...]
by Cindy Crosby [Ed. note: This article is part of our series of weekly reflections, called Deep Down Things, published on Wednesdays.] To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few. – Emily Dickinson Surely, it is [...]
The wilderness puts us in our place.
“Who could have the courage to see it?”
Some say that we can’t see God’s revelation in creation. Maybe seeing isn’t the first step.
Where do Christians look for answers to suffering and confusion? God himself instructs us to consider his handiwork.
By John Leax Flourish magazine, Summer 2010 Here Here is the place of order made by daily labor. Against bright sky, the house, limned by spruce and larch, grown old in weathered caring, stands white. Beyond its shadow, the garden lies down in rows stretched fondly on the earth. Forsythia and honeysuckle, lilac, lily, and [...]
Tomorrow marks the start of fall. According to poet Rainer Maria Rilke, it’s about time.
