Why do we feel such comfort in the embrace of the natural world — the flow of water over stones, the return of the seasons, the glow of the evening sun? Where can we find hope? How does gladness find its way through grief?  These are questions that Kathleen Dean Moore explores in her new book, WILD COMFORT, The Solace of Nature. Here — in sections on gladness, sorrow, prayer, solace, celebration, and courage — you will find her words of comfort.  We hope you will find as well a community of comfort in the conversations that follow.

“There is meaning the in natural rhythms of dying and living, winter and spring, bones and leaves. Even in times of bewilderment or despair, there is the steadfast ground underfoot — pine duff, baked clay, stone turned red in the rain. I am trying to understand this, the power of water, air, earth, and time to bring gladness gradually from grief and to restore meaning to lives that seem empty or unmoored.”

Kathleen Dean Moore, Wild Comfort