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by Thomas Phillips, oil on canvas, 1807
10 April
10:06

Pay Attention to Everything around you. Seize the Moment.

Quote of the day: My friend at the Duke Divinity School, Norman Wirzba, reminded me of something William Blake wrote,…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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09 April
01:46

Grief and Mourning Can Be Seen Not Simply as an Expression of Private and Personal loss, but as Part of a Spiritual Practice

Quote of the day: My neighbor Douglas Christie, author of the stunningly beautiful book Blue Sapphire of the Mind, has…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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08 April
02:51

The work to reinvigorate local economies and to take better care of our places continues, in fact, it never ends.

Quote of the Day: As we move toward the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, it is a good time to…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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06 April
12:10

If you care to see the diversity of people and species and landscapes on this planet, first decolonize your mind.

Quote of the Day: On April 5 1970, some fifty years ago, a passage of Buddhist poet Gary Snyder’s Four…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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05 April
12:19

How can we get out of our own selfishness, unless we see that other lives matter each and every day?

Quote of the Day: The Patriarch Bartholomew once said, “The root cause of all our [environmental] difficulties lies’ in human…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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03 April
02:27

The Earth is not just about celebrating the sweetness and beauty of life on earth. It’s also about how to reduce suffering.

Quote of the Day: In Debbie Hale’s wondrous book, Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible,…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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02 April
10:16

The path of the cross winds back to life in the garden. Our new life is one of patient care and abiding joy…

Quote of the Day: In T. Wilson Dickinson’s  wonderful new book, The Green Good News, he reminds us that whether…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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01 April
10:38

If there has ever been a time in your life to set enough minutes of the day for deep listening, it is now.

Quote of the Day: Whenever we go into solitude, we are not acting in a misanthropic manner, we are renewing…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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31 March
02:36

Go out and preach good news to all other creatures, and only when necessary use human words.

Quote of the Day: Jack Wintz of the Order of Friars Minor insightfully tells us that “in reading Saint Bonaventure’s Life of…

By Gary Nabhan in Earth Day
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30 March
02:30

We are not ever alone, especially during a moment of crisis.

Quote of the Day: Irish-American poet Saint Brian Doyle once wrote that “I have never thought that prayers of request…

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About Gary

Gary Paul Nabhan is an internationally-celebrated nature writer, agrarian activist and ethnobiologist who tangibly works on conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity.

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