nature Archive

  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Afraid to Pray?

    Posted on July 13, 2012 | 6 Comments
    I only know that I wasn't strong enough to let the lamplight keep glowing, tiny as it was. I snuffed it out.

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  • Ride to Church: Hike to Diamond Fork Hot Springs

    Posted on October 16, 2011 | 9 Comments
    Today’s Ride to Church (=Diamond Fork Hot Springs) comes to Doves & Serpents from Chris, who writes: I currently live in Orem, Utah.   Every Sunday for “church” I travel either up the mountain or out into the desert.   It is a religion for […]

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  • Stephanie’s Walk to “Church”

    Posted on August 14, 2011 | 4 Comments
    Today’s “Ride to Church” comes to us from Stephanie Durden Edwards of Missouri.   Stephanie writes: ; My Sundays used to look and feel a whole lot different than they do now.   Rushing around to have lesson materials ready, wrestling toddlers into dress shoes […]

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  • Window to Utopia

    Posted on August 11, 2011 | 6 Comments
    What would heaven be like, for a teenager?

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  • Ride to Church + in Snake River, Idaho

    Posted on August 7, 2011 | 5 Comments
    Today’s post comes to us from Sean whose personal blog can be found here:   www.inlimine.blogspot.com To fully enjoy Sean’s ride, you have to read the text (below the slideshow) while clicking through the pictures. ; Most of my life, I live in a suburb […]

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  • The Tree of Life

    Posted on August 5, 2011 | 6 Comments
    The Tree of Life begins with a quotation from The Book of Job: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth . . . What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the […]

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  • The Gluttonous Baby

    Posted on July 21, 2011 | 10 Comments
    For as long as humans have made objects, there have been baby dolls.   It’s an almost universal phenomenon that young children   play with dolls.   Especially if they have younger siblings or see babies being taken care of in their daily life, little […]

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  • Rainbow

    Posted on May 5, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Karen Robertson writes: “After a day of wind and rain, we were getting the kids ready for bed when my husband Danny said, “Hey, the sun came out. Let’s go see if there’s a rainbow.” It was the brightest one I’ve ever seen and it […]

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  • Natural Coastline Ecosystems

    Posted on April 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
    This is a photo I took on a short (half a day) trip to the beach over Spring Break.   Behind me is the Atlantic Ocean.   I was in Florida visiting my parents and we took a detour home via Hanna Park in Atlantic […]

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  • Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana

    Posted on April 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Alina Taylor writes: These images were taken on Bayou Courtableau in St Landry Parish, Louisiana near Port Barre right off 190. It is a town steeped in Louisiana bayou charm where Cajun French meets English to create a language known to the locals and seems […]

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  • Scenes from Colorado

    Posted on January 31, 2011 | 4 Comments
    These photos were taken in Colorado by Rhonda Nasuta Swanson, a great photographer.   You can see more of her work at her website.

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  • Hunting Arkansas

    Posted on January 10, 2011 | 5 Comments
    Sunny Bottoms took these beautiful images while hunting at her family farm in Arkansas. The muted tones and use of the analogue frame create a fitting reflection of memory: a dreamlike glimpse into a world of sunset.

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  • Lime Trees

    Posted on November 26, 2010 | 4 Comments
    A 'High Dynamic Range' vision of Limes, grass and sky.

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  • Enough is enough

    Posted on November 8, 2010 | 6 Comments
    Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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  • Adventures in the Hill Country

    Posted on November 4, 2010 | 8 Comments
    These photographs were taken by Amanda Mixon, who is currently studying for an MA in English at Texas State University.

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  • Through a Glass, Textured Seasons

    Posted on October 22, 2010 | 6 Comments
    Jeremi Broadhurst captured these beautiful glimpses of nature, in her distinctive style.

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  • ‘Autumn Colours’

    Posted on October 15, 2010 | 8 Comments
    Ren took the photographs that make up this collage at the Quaking Bog in Wirth Park, Minneapolis. She said: ‘Autumn is my favorite season. Every day there are subtle changes and before long the trees are laid bare. It’s nature’s swan song before winter’s rest. […]

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