Over the next few weeks, real, living, breathing human beings will hold This Sweet Earth in their hands. As a flaming introvert, this is a terrifying thought. This book has been such an intimate companion these past couple years nurtured in the depths of my being. As I look back over the days when thoseContinue reading "Stumbled upon Hope: A Reflection on Writing This Sweet Earth"

Detail of “The Rest of Faun,” Davide Edoardo Cassano, 2023 Graphite on paper, 42 x 29.7 centimetres One night in the car, I overheard my kids arguing in the backseat over the strengths of oak trees versus cherry trees. At first, I was intrigued by their knowledge and passion for the topic . . .untilContinue reading "Which World Do You Love: A Reflection on Parenting and Technology"

First printed on RadicalDiscipleship.net. Sometimes the most miraculous moments of parenting happen in those late night hours when you wish your kids were asleep, but you are snuggled up beside them and they begin to speak. A few months ago, as the leaves were just beginning to fall, I was lying with Isaac rubbing hisContinue reading "Learning from Laughter and the Trees: Sometimes I Feel like it’s the End of the World"

By Lydia Wylie-Kellermann. This piece first appeared in Geez 64: The Holy Fool.My mom once wrote, “We need to recall, to intuit, to dream the life we’re called to and then make a plan that allows us to strip down enough to have it” (The Witness, 1998). We stand at a moment of mass resignation. FolksContinue reading "The Courage to Quit"

A collection of animal skulls for beauty and natural history study collected by Kristin Hugo in the hills of California. Credit: Kristin Hugo First printed in Geez magazine, Issue 58. “It’s okay to go slow,” he says. His four-year-old feet step gently in silence. “That way you can see more things.” The air is still chillyContinue reading "A Curriculum of Backyard Funerals"