Elizabeth Wickland explores light before darkness in a new season in “Shining Slant,” “Mother Nature,” and “For the Love of Winter.”

In her prose poem, “Autumn Ode to an Acorn,” Heather Lobe Johnson finds herself in the story of an acorn, as she reminisces about the past and looks toward the future.

In her powerful poem, “In the Presence of My Enemies,” Mary Folkerts writes a Psalm 23-inspired meditation about how God meets her in her darkest moments with his abundance.

In “Life Burns,” Kassi Wilson explores the idea of waiting as she sits still in front of her pond.

In her poetry, Chelsea Fraser finds wonder and celebrates maternal strength in the great outdoors—be it in an owl’s flight, an old maple tree, or the natural landscape.

Inspired by an earnest question from her son, Deidre Braley’s poem, “He Asks Me if Fairies Are Real,” pays homage to childhood, nature, and wonder—three things one should always hold dear.

Greg Basch fights within his own mind and is met with the Sacred in “War of Silences.” Then he reminds us how we desperately need beauty to survive in “Oxygen.”

Sarah Steele explores wholeness and beauty in “How to Polish a Petoskey,” “City Coffee Shop Musings,” and “The Most Beautiful Thing.”

In her poem “In the Midst of These that Do Not Toil,” Sheila Dougal reminds us of beauty to be found in the restful resilience of nature and the calling on each of us to learn from its example.

Courtney Moody explores how nature can bring us to our depths and also to God in “Hymn of the Flatland Wanderer,” “Wild Sabbath,” and “Back in the Origins.”

Camilla Richardson invites us to experience nature from the perspective of creation in her poem “Wildflower.”

Christopher James summons us to return to the heart of the wilderness in his poem “Where Deer Walk Unafraid.”

Join Christel Jeffs as she collects ordinary moments in “Shattered Clay, Shining Treasure.”

In her poem “A Highland Hike in the Blue Ridge,” Gail Davidson beautifully articulates her spiritual encounter on a hike through God’s creation.