"I don't think it is enough appreciated how much of an outdoor book the Bible is," Wendell Berry observes in Sex, Economy, Freedom, Community. Think of how many times Jesus taught while outdoors or how often the Psalmists use images of the natural world. Read some of your favorite scripture passages while you are out in nature, and see how the setting enriches the experience.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat in Summertime and Living Takes Practice