In her essay “Here in the Land of the Living,” Caitlin Lore takes us from the mountaintop to the valley, doing the difficult work of trusting God through it all.

Andy Beth Miller invites us on her healing journey through the sacred spaces of nature, silence, and renewed faith in her essay, “You Met Me in the Blue Mountains.”

Reflecting on a new chapter in life in her essay “My Kingdom,” Tresta Payne reflects on how sometimes truth is staring us in the face if we will only pause to notice.

In Stefanii Morton’s essay “Caol Áit in County Donegal," we see how changed plans that could have ruined a birthday trip actually led her and her daughters to a most beautiful thin place.

Lydnsey Parsons takes us to the base of a remote mountain where she wrestles with God and finds him still faithful in his world of hope.

Walk along the waterfalls with Kaitlyn Ramos as she finds herself in the nature that surrounds her in “Grace Falls.”

With her insightful essay “The Pastoral,” Rev. Christine Davies draws on the parallels of life on the farm and life as a hospital chaplain in the delicate dance of beauty and grief.

In her essay “A Simple Case for the God We Cannot See,” Jessica Jolley leads us through nature and life, reminding us that God’s presence is undeniably present, like gravity and the wind.

In “Into a Little Chaos," Civil Winters asserts that gardens are less about forcing order and more about embracing the beauty and blessings of chaos.

In her essay “Out of the Snow Dust,” Ruth Braun recounts her personal story of hope despite life not going as planned.

Join Civil Winters in the frigid arctic as she photographs the deepest winter and contemplates life’s truths in “Blown From Polar Fur.”

Walk with Jennifer Houti in “There Is a Tree in the Woods” as she introduces us to the tree that has seen her—and taught her to see.

In “Ferns Unfurling,” Bethany Peck touches on the rebirth of the once dead earth. Along the forest floor lies emerging life. There’s tremendous joy in the new spring season.