by Joy Bauer | Dec 10, 2019 | Contemplations
(Photo by Josh Houck) This autumn I attended a gathering where I met a wonderful group of people who were unfamiliar with the work of Rolling Ridge Study Retreat (RRSR). They asked questions like, “What happens at Rolling Ridge?” and “What do you do there?” Put on the...
by Joy Bauer | Dec 14, 2018 | Contemplations
(Photography by Josh Houck) “Because this bird is singing to me, I belong to the wide wind, the people far away who share the air and the clouds. together we are looking up into all we do not own and we are listening.” – Naomi Shihab Nye As a child, my family...
by Joy Bauer | Jan 31, 2017 | Contemplations
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other (Ephesians 4:32) I know that I have life only insofar as I have love. I have no love except it come from Thee. Help me, please, to carry this candle against the wind. – Wendell Berry Three years ago this...
