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Observing Animal Spirituality By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post After working with chimpanzees for 55 years in Gombe, Tanzania, Jane Goodall says that some of their behavior is "perhaps triggered by feelings of awe and wonder" for magnificent natural features or…
A Prayer for Trees in Peril By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Creator God, we are worried about the trees in our home state of California and elsewhere in the world. Article: According to the Los Angeles Times, the number of dead trees in California's fores…
Prayer for Perishing Trees By Frederic Brussat Blog Post A new study in the journal Science reports that some of the largest and oldest trees of the world are dying. There are many causes and among them are the selfish and short-sighted habits of human be…
When All the Leaves Are Gone By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post “In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.” ― Cynthia Rylant
Bathing with Trees By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In Buddhism, trees have long been appreciated as spiritual teachers and companions. After all, Gautama Siddhartha was enlightened while sitting under a Bodhi tree. In Thailand, forest monks perform …
Falling Out and Falling In By Guest Contributor Blog Post Lindsay McLaughlin lives at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat, an intergenerational community living on and with 1400 acres of forest and streams on a small mountain foothill of the Blue Ridge in West Vir…
Nobility to Respect By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Buddhist Wisdom Ancient trees, water, and wind join my hand to bring light to this moment. — Barbara Kipfer in 201 Little Buddhist Reminders
My Spine and Its Many Gifts By Frederic Brussat Blog Post I have not given much attention or thought to my spine, despite it being such an awe-inducing body part. It provides me with strength and support, uprightness and dignity. We get a sense of how impo…
A Prayer in Response to the Screams By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Edvard Munch, the artist who painted "The Scream" in 1893, could not have imagined that his most famous work of art would fetch $119.9 million at Sotheby's in 2012. Although this is an interesting n…
Praying for Our Part in Preserving the Amazon Rainforest By Patricia Campbell Carlson Blog Post Photo courtesy of pixundfertig at Pixabay.com The Amazon's tropical rainforests — often described as "the Earth's lungs" because they generally draw in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen —…

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