Category Archives: Nature

April 19–Nature: Yes, The Earth Speaks

Yes the Earth speaks, but only to those who can hear with their hearts. It speaks in a thousand small ways, but like our lovers and families and friends, it often sends it messages without words. For you see, the … Continue reading

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April 18–Nature: Worship?

“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.” Hubert Reeves, Astrophysicist Perhaps these words of Reeves are provocative.  Perhaps not. Theologies … Continue reading

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April 14–Nature: The Mirror

“It’s not my nature to yell!” I found myself saying to another person.  The tenor and volume of my voice probably qualified very nearly for yelling.  I was, if I’m being honest, angry about being yelled at–or at least feeling … Continue reading

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April 12–Nature: A Being

I find myself at times tending to treat Nature as an object, and a static object at that.  It’s “out there,” and it looks like a certain thing now because it is spring. Recently, I was in three different parts … Continue reading

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April 9–Nature: What is unseen

I had a conversation with a plant recently.  It was a wildflower, of that I’m sure.  No flower yet.  In fact, barely green leaves pushing up from the ground.  I sat for a little while just taking it in.  Black, … Continue reading

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Nature: Empty Cage, Full Trees

It was an old episode of Andy Griffith.  Opie had accidentally killed a mother bird with his sling shot, and the ultimate karma of the show was that he took in the three baby birds and raised them.  Then, the … Continue reading

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April 5–Nature: Profound Being

What is nature to me?  The natural world comes to mind. That is a place I love and and where I feel most connected to the source. But there is the nature of people. The nature of politics. The nature … Continue reading

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