Quote Of The Week

Here is this week's quote that provides food for thought or inspiration, or, better yet, both.

“ When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

—Wendell Berry

September 1st marks the beginning of the Season of Creation, and the theme for 2026 is “Living Water”. This poem by Wendell Berry speaks to our connection with nature and the healing found in water.

What does this poem say to your heart? How will you connect with nature during the Season of Creation?