By Frederick W. Schmidt
For a variety of reasons over recent years, I have found myself reflecting on the increasingly fractious nature of public dialogue,...
My first encounter with natural delight changed my life. I ended up leaving my parish ministry in North Carolina to move to the United Kingdom. Since then, I’ve gone out into wildernesses and the countryside with increasing regularity, spending as much time as I responsibly can soaking in the natural world and learning how to delight.