Walking in the forest reminds us that the Earth is not simply the background to human life. It is a living field of relationship — holding us, grounding us, and teaching us to listen again. In returning to nature, we may begin to recover something essential within ourselves.
In this reflection for Lent and Ramadan, we consider what it means to live in a world marked by war, noise, and uncertainty. The invitation is not to escape the world, but to turn inward, to seek peace within, and to listen more deeply for the work that is ours to do.
The Invitation to Come Higher There is a quiet invitation pulsing through life itself—a call to come up higher. At first, we may think this means rising above conflict, escaping difference, transcending the divisions that trouble our world. But the paradox is this: to rise higher, we must first go deeper. To ascend, we are […]