High Calling Blogs Book Club:
The Wisdom of Wilderness, by Gerald G. May
Chapter Six: “Violence at Smith’s Inlet”
Who can read this chapter without cringing? Such detestable, vile acts. Such violence from humans and animals, to humans and animals.
May said in a previous chapter that fear leads to gratitude. Violence, too, led me to [...]
High Calling Blogs Book Club:
The Wisdom of Wilderness, by Gerald G. May
Chapter Five: “Of Time and the Seasons”
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No harm has come to me, yet I feel bruised. Tender in spots. Part of it is the steady ache of Homesickness that flares up now and then (like now). Part of it is that [...]
High Calling Blogs Book Club:
The Wisdom of Wilderness, by Gerald G. May
Chapter Four: “Cicada Song”
This chapter touched my spirit in so many places, both widely and deeply. May’s thoughts on “contemplation” particularly resonated, especially this on page 64: “To put it simply, in concentrating on one thing at a time, we miss everything else.” [...]
High Calling Blogs Book Club:
The Wisdom of Wilderness, by Gerald G. May
Chapter Three: Night Fear
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Fear cultivates closeness.
Let me clarify: There is a fear which cultivates closeness. This kind of fear results in deepening intimacy. Intimacy. Intimacy with God is my greatest desire—the desire which burns white-hot at my very [...]
High Calling Blogs Book Club:
The Wisdom of Wilderness, by Gerald G. May
Chapter One: The Call
By definition, Nature is wild and unpredictable, so your stories won’t be the same as mine.
- Gerald G. May, The Wisdom of Wildnerness, page xxiii.
Stories. What a perfect way to begin.
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I lived in Israel where pita and bread cost only [...]
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