In “Testament” the late Wendell Berry instructed us on how we should respond to his death.
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Berry Comes into the Peace of Wild Things
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The Peace of Wild Things
My Intro to Literature class explored how a disconnect from nature leads to existential anguish while opening themselves up to nature provides spiritual nourishment.
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Coming into the Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Barry’s “Peace of Wild Things” provides a vision that can help counteract what Thomas Merton identifies as the most common form of innate violence: the rush and pressure of modern life.
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