by Linda DeGraf | May 16, 2016 | Contemplations
“A garden offers ground for growth, not only for plants that nourish and delight, but for engagement of self and world. Whether in the back forty acres or a small sunlit corner, for man or woman alike, to partake in the specific act of nurturing life brings...
by Linda DeGraf | Apr 18, 2016 | Contemplations
“It came to me while reflecting on that woodland encounter with the night that there are two very valuable spiritual gifts that simplicity gives to us. It seems the more we can strip our lives down to essentials, the more deliberately and awake we can live; ...
by Linda DeGraf | Mar 12, 2016 | Contemplations
“All that is ripest and fairest in the wilderness is preserved and transmitted to us in the strain of the wood thrush. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thought, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and...
by Linda DeGraf | Feb 10, 2016 | Contemplations
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members, a heart of grace, and a soul generated by love. ~ Coretta Scott King In February...
by Linda DeGraf | Jan 13, 2016 | Contemplations
“My friends, do not lose heart…For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement…To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these—to be fierce and to show mercy...
