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“My first thought on the subject of how to know God in 2021 is GET OUTSIDE.” Photo: Aeriea/Shutterstock

"My first thought on the subject of how to know God in 2021 is GET OUTSIDE. If you can (and you live below the tree line), spend your attention on trees. If you live in the city, find your companions in parks or along boulevards. Listen to their winter silence; watch how their branches generously hold the lives of birds, insects, squirrels and, sometimes, our children. Watch spring bring out mists of buds that unfurl into green gold. Watch them turn scarlet in the fall. Trees share their knowledge, like Solomon, of seasons. Fruit trees and sugar maples teach sweetness. Trees spin sunlight into energy, creating oxygen as a gift to all living creatures."

Read Susan Alexander's article on anglicanjournal.com, here.