On this post-election, Veterans Day, I am struck by a description of life’s journey by poet, philosopher, theologian David Whyte.

Santiago taught us the wisdom of the early Celtic people who experienced an outright mystical connection with nature.

Santiago taught us the wisdom of the early Celtic people who experienced an outright mystical connection with nature.

Santiago taught us the wisdom of the early Celtic people who experienced an outright mystical connection with nature.

Santiago taught us the wisdom of the early Celtic people who experienced an outright mystical connection with nature.

Santiago taught us the wisdom of the early Celtic people who experienced an outright mystical connection with nature.

Santiago taught us the wisdom of the early Celtic people who experienced an outright mystical connection with nature.

This season brings about such abundance - from the tomatoes and carrots in the garden to these dazzling mushrooms clinging to the trees. Isn’t this rhythm of nature fascinating?

It is fascinating to watch the landscape shift at Mission Farm as the seasons change.

Join us at Mission Farm this Sunday - September 11 for our 125th Anniversary.

The marsh at Mission Farm is full of reptiles! Late on cool wet evenings, the traffic on Mission Farm Road is abundant!

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. - Rumi

Over these past few years, one of our commitments at Mission Farm has been to listen. The practice of deep listening from a contemplative heart is life changing - really.

My summer morning meditation is alive with birdsong and (finally) a cool mountain breeze. The unusual extreme heat in Vermont reminds us of the reality of climate ‘weirding’.

I spent some time with a friend this week talking about history. We talked about the history of Vermont and the research she is doing on the history of the small towns around Killington.

I sat down on the porch with a friend to talk about death this week. Greg Camp is a 3rd generation funeral home director from Woodstock VT. He said that he had not remembered a busier year.

This week we met to begin next steps on the outdoor amphitheatre space and the reimagined memorial ‘garden’ that sits behind the church.

Mission Farm is in the midst of a great forest - there are stands of sugar maple and birch; cherry and white pine.

Mission Farm has been a space of natural beauty and retreat in the community of Killington for over 125 years.