Why don’t we exercise? Why don’t we get out into Nature? Why don’t we connect with God and Christ? Why don’t we feed our spirits? Why don’t we nourish our souls? Why don’t we stretch our minds? Why don’t we? Why do we atrophy, whether physically, spiritually, emotionally, socially, or mentally? Why do we let…
At Spirit Tree Farms, our belief and mission is that Jesus Christ brings peace into our lives, We’ve learned, and want to share with others, that Nature is one of His tools — one of His underutilized methods — for bringing us His peace. But what happens when Nature’s Peace — Christ’s peace through Nature…
Background: Marnie sends out emails to friends, inviting them to look at her book about Finding Peace in Nature, and her course: Align With The Divine: Embrace Your Sacred Nature. Both the book and the class, as well as other materials and events we produce, focus on connecting with God and Jesus through Nature. As…
The world is full of concerns about the environment, global warming, biophilia, connecting with Nature, and more dealing with the pluses and minuses of Nature and Mother Earth. There are few that have a God, Jesus and Nature focus. As we’ve been defining what we’re doing at Spirit Tree Farms, it’s been natural to compare…
Is there a multiplier effect in Nature? Follow my logic about earthing / grounding and negative ions that I formed walking through the woods today at Spirit Tree Farms. Consider the following: Where Earthing And Negative Ions Occur Studies into earthing show that physical contact with the Earth (soil, as well as sand, mud, rocks…
Are God and Jesus Christ broadcasting Their messages of peace, healing, and love through Nature, Mother Earth, and Their creations? Are there spiritual roots of Nature? We’ll explore these thoughts, along with asking the “Why?” and “So we can what?” questions. The world seems to be exploding with more interest about Nature, the environment, and…
A native bee on a sunflower at sunset creates a zen-like moment. Coupled with the background of water splashing in the pond and Creation Girl Marnie Kuhns’ extemporaneous piano music, the colors, movement, and sounds help us connect with God in Nature, #BeZen, and #FindNatureJoy. Sunflowers are native to North America, and I believe this…
Invasive species — plants not from our part of North America, that take over and crowd out beneficial plants -are something native tree and wildflower fans fight against. One of the worst is the Bradford pear, aka Callery pear (Pryus calleryana), Cleveland pear, or Plymouth pear. Yet we’ve discovered how having a pair of pears…
Summer Solstice: A time for reflection, renewal, and recommitment, especially through Nature. A celebration of connecting with God through Nature. This morning, I got up before sunrise and headed out into the field, determined to greet the longest day of the year first thing in the morning, to sing a song of welcome, to shout…
Planting wildflower gardens to attract birds, butterflies, moths and other pollinators is a wonderful and interesting activity that often brings unexpected results. Nowhere is this more demonstrated than our sticks in wildflowers discovery. Like most actions we’ve taken in our wildflower and native plant patches, our sticks in wildflowers came as the result of a…
