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Gray wolf walking through a forest with autumn-colored grass and thin tree trunks.
Meeting the Wolf
Should we go back to nature? Saint Anthony and Saint Francis show how to make peace with it instead.
Greta Gaffin
Essay
Orange detour sign with an arrow pointing right in a rural field under a blue sky.
Saskatchewan, Promised Land
A newcomer to the Canadian prairie searches for the Old Testament promise.
Daniel J. D. Stulac
Essay
Wide green farmland with three small rustic wooden barns and distant mountains under cloudy sky.
Saving the Soil, Saving the Farm
Regenerative agriculture helps farmers care for the land and pay the bills.
Colin Boller
Report
Blue and white botanical illustration of various plants, butterflies, and a dragonfly on dark background.
The Plants Can Talk
The flowers have a language. Are we listening?
William Thomas Okie
Essay
Two colorful moths with eye-like patterns resting on a textured surface with green background.
The Wonder of Moths
Gorgeous and fragile, moths showcase nature’s richness and vulnerability.
Caroline Moore
Portfolio
Painting of a man with a cane standing on a rocky cliff beneath a yellow and white sky.
The Leper of Abercuawg
In a thousand-year-old Welsh poem, an outcast seeks comfort in the wild.
David McBride
Essay

Insights

Artistic depiction of dandelion flowers and jagged leaves in brown and yellow tones.
Dandelions: An Apology
Why sweat lawn care when you could have a meadow, green and gold, by working a little less?
Clare Coffey
Essay
Watercolor landscape of rolling hills under a cloudy sky with scattered small buildings and trees.
A Wilderness God
In the Holy Land, the desert is a place of hope.
Timothy J Keiderling
Bible Reflection
Man in camouflage clothing holding a compound bow, standing in a forest with bare trees.
Why I Hunt
In the woods, being a predator connects me to our species’ natural history.
Tim Maendel
Personal History
Watercolor painting of tree branches with white blossoms and golden yellow leaves on a blue background.
Reading the Book of Nature
Four writers study the divine as revealed in the natural world.
Lilias Trotter
Gerard M Hopkins
Augustine of Hippo
George MacDonald
Reading
Large waves crashing against a long stone pier with boats in the rain-filled harbor.
Breakwater
In the Channel Islands, a crumbling jetty protects a way of life.
Rhys Laverty
Dispatch
A young white lamb stands on straw inside a barn near a blue feeding container.
Lambing Season
I learned some of life’s most important lessons from my father while caring for sheep.
Norann Voll
Personal History
Four kids gardening outdoors with tools under sunlight and greenery in the background.
Earthworks Urban Farm
At a community garden in Detroit, kids grow food to supply a soup kitchen.
Casey Kleczek
The Doers

Web Exclusives

Painting of a forest scene with dense trees, a pond with lily pads, and wildflowers in the foreground.
Back from Walden Pond
Is Thoreau, who sought a deliberate life in tune with nature, the prophet for our present ecological crisis? Perhaps, if we learn from his errors.
Ian Olson
Essay
Silhouette of child flexing muscles against a clear blue sky background.
Can Masculinity Be Good?
Or is it a problem to be eradicated?
Samuel Helyar
Essay
Several wasps gathered and flying around a weathered gray concrete post in an outdoor setting.
Nature Is Obsessed with Me
Spiders, wasps, and mold – they’re my neighbors, but can I love them?
Annemarie Konzelman
Close-up of a brown textured painting featuring white flowers with black outlines and stems.
Ancient Songs in the Desert
For Ephrem the Syrian, nature shows us truths about the Creator.
Tessa Carman

Arts & Letters

Grainy black-and-white image of a flock of birds flying in the sky with scattered clouds.
Let Them Grow
The poet shares his hopes for his grandsons.
Robert W. Crawford
Poetry
Grainy black and white image of two people walking on a foggy or snowy hill, one holding an umbrella.
Squall
Sometimes, being prepared is annoying.
Robert W. Crawford
Poetry
Symmetrical floral pattern with blue tulip-like flowers, red small flowers, and large beige leaves on a light background.
Are You a Tree?
Or are you a potted plant?
Joy Marie Clarkson
Reading
Book cover for Christianity as a Way of Life by Kevin W. Hector, subtitle A Systematic Theology.
Practicing Christianity
In Christianity as a Way of Life, Kevin W. Hector says faith is about what we do, not just what we believe.
Andrew Prevot
Editors’ Pick
Book cover of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang with stylized eyes on bright yellow background.
Who Gets to Tell the Story?
In R. F. Kuang’s Yellowface a woman sells her dead friend's novel as her own.
Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Editors’ Pick
Book cover titled Jesus through Medieval Eyes by Grace Hamman with medieval art faces with golden halos.
A Medievalist Looks for the Image of Christ
In Jesus through Medieval Eyes, Grace Hamman finds the Lord portrayed as a knight, a mother, a judge, and a lover.
Marianne Wright
Editors’ Pick
Glowing cave entrance on a cliffside with two figures approaching in a rugged, forested landscape.
In Defense of Chastity
Is the church’s teaching on sex unnatural?
Erik Varden
Reading