Sitting with this and pondering our thirst for beauty and how it can both stir terror and awe in us. "Beauty is the only the first touch of terror we can still bear and it awes us so much because it so cooly disdains to destroy us." Poet Rainer Marie Rilke

"We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and uexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed, and unfathomed by us." Thoreau #Explore #WildnessTonic

"Mountain spirituality witnesses to that which seems irresponsible to people on the plains." Belden Lane Go waste some time in the mountains! #deliberateirrelevance #mountains

Soaking in the grandeur of the Creator splashing colors and painting silhouettes on the grand canvas of the sky, lakes, and mountains! #MountainTherapy #AlbertaMountainMan #MyHappyPlace

Great horned owls doing their thing! They were practicing 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil!' #LoveOwls #Wisdom

A taste of the beauty I soaked in last week! I'm always amazed at the natural art shows that go on at sunrise and sunset. Transition points from darkness to light and from light to darkness. There is beauty to be found in the #Transitions of life. #SeekingAwe #PursuingWonder

Catch of the day! Any day is a good day to go fishing! #RainbowTrout #gonefishing

Exploring #Alberta. Enjoyed this idyllic scene and time on the water at #BeauvaisLake in Southern Alberta. Bald eagles and swans put on a show for us. Unusually calm as the winds can really bow down here. #BeautifulAlberta #GetOutThere

Date night at #SpruceMeadows last night to watch #CavalryFC defeat #ForgeFC in extra time 2-1. Raucous game! #Beautifulgame, beautiful wife, beautiful venue, and beautiful weather!

Hello my old friends! It's been awhile. Great to spend some time in your presence getting reacquainted! #MountainFriends #AbertaMountainHigh

Got my first #Covid jab yesterday! Another step towards beating this virus! Shout out to the gracious and kind pharmacist who gave me the shot. Thank you to all the #frontlineworkers who risk their health and lives daily to serve us! #TrueHeroes #LoveYourNeighbours

Been sitting with this quote over the last couple of weeks from one of my favourite theologians Karl Barth: "Clasping one's hands in #prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the #disorder of this world." So apt 4 our day when we can feel powerless, yet all of us can pray!

You never know who you will run into when you get out in the wild. That's what I love about the #outdoors. Watched this curious pine marten do his thing in his backyard! #IntoTheWild #Nature #Adventure

There's something about the varying hues of green found in nature that when you are immersed in it is an elixiir that soothes and calms one's being right to the core! Make time to get out. #SelfCare #NaturalRemedies #GreenTherapy #CallOfTheWild #GoodLife https://t.co/5kqL2m5lIm

Soaking in the serenity of this puzzle we did. Finding my natural draw to the #Land, and the #Wild has intensified over the last month during this pandemic! Satiating my love of the #Outdoors with #MountainMan and #BearGrylls shows mixed with planning some summer #adventures.

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Here are some resources for those of you with children ages 8-12 who may be struggling with #fear and #anxiety during the Covid-19 crisis.

Great reflection on how this #crisis can be an opportunity for fundamental #change in how we 'be' and 'do' #life.

During these stress and anxiety fill days, brought on by the Covid-19 crisis we all need some words of encouragement and comfort. Check out this free resource which you can use personally or pass on to friends! Words of Comfort – Canadian Bible Society

One of the hardest lessons 2 learn in life and #leadership is when to be quiet, calm, and still, 2 wait for the right opportunity that comes at the right time. This owl I saw last week taught me this lesson. Sat in the same position for over 3 hours waiting! #UnanxiousLiving