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LILI GOERZEN: Holden "Elfchen"
Sep 23, 2016
tired
from traveling
I arrived here
my soul in Europe
still
OWEN GEMMER: Holden Morning Poem
Jun 28, 2016
A poem using words from Holden Evening Prayer - written 6/28/16 at Sunrise on Ten Mile Trail.
ELLEN SELTZ: Replaceable
Jun 10, 2016
Bridges are replaced, Adirondack chairs weather and rot, cabinets get coffee spilled on them, and we all leave and new people will fill our shoes. Physical things, including us as workers, are replaceable. But we are more than the work we do. What we really leave behind is our character and lots …
LINDA JENSEN: First Word
Jun 03, 2016
AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES TODAY YOU ARE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE VILLAGE. WHETHER YOU ARE PERFORMING A PHYSICAL TASK, TEACHING A CLASS OR PERHAPS SITTING ON A PORCH SWING BEING A GOOD LISTENER TO A FRIEND, YOU ARE SHAPING THIS COMMUNITY. YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH A FEELING OF RENEWED SPI…
TRAVIS HOULE: A Lesson From Our Forest
Apr 13, 2016
The fire had raged. The forest was dead. Nothing but ash, and smoke and the blackened skeletal pillars of the trees that had reigned for a century remained. The ground was scorched with such intensity that even the microbes, and the fungi, and the shrubs, and the deepest roots, and the thickest trun…
ABBEY DIBBLE: Evacuation Reaction
Mar 30, 2016
We made more good memories during those 5 weeks than I could have ever expected, and had the benefit of community to lean on when the village was threatened and there was nothing we could do but hope, trust and worry. Thank you for making it okay, and giving us a place to find rest and renewal.
WORSHIP TURNOVER FILE: Lenten Eucharist
Mar 19, 2016
It’s late winter, and cabin fever is raging. The valley seems small, the mountains high, the snow deep, and everything, everything is white… We think, with Jane Kenyon, “one small green budding thing could save us.”
I was really pleased to get to do Matins on my first full day of being a villager, and really wanted to do it again before I left. There were a ton of topics and experiences that were really significant and that I would love to ramble on about. But for the sake of your sanity and patience, I’ve had …
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