Collected Magazine's newest issue on the theme of seeds is live. I edit the magazine but on occasion contribute too.
Here's a sneak peek of my personal essay: On nature walks, Henry Thoreau observed his local forests. He took notes and wrote essays that were compiled posthumously into a collection entitled Faith in a Seed. He observed, like Henry Michaux that pitch pine trees that grow in clusters produce less cones than those that grow alone in unfavourable rocky areas. Apparently, the lone trees hold onto cones for many seasons. Rather than releasing seed every year, they wait. Maybe the wind will lead them to softer ground. Sometimes I feel like that pitch pine tree holding onto cones with seeds of faith from varying stages of my life, from experiences both good and bad that I don’t know what to do with. Sometimes I feel like the soil, hard and angry. So I wait and wait for a gardener, squirrel, bird or strong wind and wonder--once these cones open will there be any seed left to take root? To read in full click here.
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Chavon BarryChavon is a new writer from Victoria, British Columbia. She wrestles with simple answers and is learning to listen, to be still with God. Archives
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