“The death of the forest is the end of our life.” — Dorothy Stang Old Growth Forest A musing on contemplative practice as planting an old growth forest. Breathe it in, breathe it out, let it grow.
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Solitude at the Center of All Beauty with Fenton Johnson
“I love Fenton Johnson’s sensibility. It’s a joy and a balm to see the world through his eyes―and to rediscover solitude as our deepest and most powerful source of creativity and spirituality, even for people who are coupled.” — Susan Cain, author of Quiet and Quiet Power Solitude at the Center of All Beauty with Fenton Johnson Fenton Johnson is the author of At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life. His book Geography of the Heart: A Memoir received the American Library Association and Lambda Literary Awards for best LGBT Creative Nonfiction, while his book Keeping Faith: A Skeptic’s Journey among Christian …
The Harmonic Resonance Found in Unknowing with Brie Stoner
The Harmonic Resonance Found in Unknowing with Brie Stoner Brie Stoner is a juggernaut of creativity who channels these forces as a musician, artist, podcaster, writer, teacher, and mother. Her latest project is a podcast called Unknowing; a conversation series with artists, spiritual teachers, authors and friends as she explores the practice of unknowing as the (beautiful, surprising, messy) spiritual path of creative possibility. As some of you know, we were co-hosts on the podcast Another Name for Every Thing with Richard Rohr. Check out Brie Stoner’s work at thejourneyofbecoming.com (While there you can support Brie’s work as an independent …