Month: December 2020


Nature Sacred News – December 2020

  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER Hope in Action NatureSacred.org Hope in action Alden E. Stoner, Nature Sacred CEO Twenty-twenty has been a year of transition for Nature Sacred.  The same can undoubtedly be said for the world. We’ve grappled with a pandemic, as individuals and as a society; we’ve wrestled with social unrest and a bitter…

One garden. Two pandemics. A hundred years.

Amidst a bustling, recently-developed suburban town resides a slice of nature steeped in history — a unique history of healing that spans over 100 years. Consecrated in 1918, the Epiphany Episcopal Chapel in Odenton, Maryland, ministered to the needs of World War I soldiers on their way to the trenches in France and served as…

Nine ways Nature Sacred impacted communities in 2020

This time last year, like most, we had no inkling of the challenges and trials 2020 would bring. Once the pandemic hit though, we worked quickly to find ways to support our Firesouls and our network of Sacred Places so that each, could in-turn, aid their communities. As this year comes to a close, we…

Under the Alabama sun, Sacred Places grow

Three years ago, a book — Open Spaces Sacred Places — landed on the desk of Jennifer S. Maddox , President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama (CFNEA). The timing couldn’t have been better. At that point, the foundation was searching for a unique project: one that would both honor the legacy…

Hope in action

Twenty-twenty has been a year of transition for Nature Sacred. The same can undoubtedly be said for the world. We’ve grappled with a pandemic, as individuals and as a society; we’ve wrestled with social unrest and a bitter election season. Yet at the same time, we’ve also continued to celebrate life and take part in…

"A quiet place. My soul grows still. This, indeed, is a balm for the weary, a shelter for the beaten. I am so grateful for this sacred space. I am now renewed."

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