Daniel has written for the EcoTheo Review, Journal for Preachers, and contributes regular essays to The Christian Citizen, including the following piece:
“Deep calls to deep (in the honking of your geese)”
“Come November in northern Wisconsin, the vibrant parade of autumnal tints has faded to humble brown earth tones, and only the hardiest of burnt ochre oak leaves cling to the cold branches. Some refer to this unglamorous shoulder-season as “stick season,” the drier cousin to early spring’s “mud season.” To attune to the beauty of this season, I’ve found it a helpful spiritual practice to switch sensory or perceptual registers, from primarily visual to primarily auditory. Because when you listen this time of year, suddenly you hear them: the flocks of wild geese that are flying about…”