Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Desert Spirituality Discovers Silence as a Word of God


"A desert spirituality is a spirituality of waiting upon God.  There is an element of timelessness, of eternity, about the desert.  The characteristic prayer of the desert is a prayer of simply waiting."

David Prail

"The true contemplative waits on the Word of God in silence, and when he is 'answered,' it is not so much by a word that bursts into his silence.  It is by his silence itself suddenly, inexplicably revealing itself to him as a word of great power, full of the voice of God."

Thomas Merton

Photo: Sunset in Canyonlands National Park, UT, November 27, 2011

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