Walking the Earth with the Cornerstones By Magdalena Smyth, Summer Servant and Bethlehem Farm Enthusiast, Exeter, New Hampshire After completing my 11 weeks this past spring/summer at Bethlehem Farm, I was easily able to come home and pinpoint how I wanted to cultivate the four cornerstones in my daily life. But the thing that stuck … Continue reading Walking the Earth with the Cornerstones
Category: Wind and Flame
posts from former Caretakers, Board Members, and Summer Servants for BFarm alum to tell each other their stories of successes and failures at living the cornerstones after leaving the Farm. A Newsletter 2.0 for those living in the BFarm diaspora.
Parenting and the Cornerstone
Parenting and the Cornerstones By: Caitlin Morneau What is a recent experience that captures how I have lived out (and fallen short of) the Gospel cornerstones? In this moment, it feels difficult to call to mind any experience more profoundly than the pregnancy, labor, and birth of my second son. Colby was born on January … Continue reading Parenting and the Cornerstone
Wind and Flame in West Virginia
Wind and Flame in West Virginia By: Ralph Muhs, Community Friend, Greenbrier County, WV It doesn’t have to be caretakers, or summer servants, or any of the hundreds or maybe thousands of people who have had their lives touched by spending a couple of weeks at Bethlehem Farm. You don’t have to be a religious … Continue reading Wind and Flame in West Virginia
They’ll Beat Their Lightsabers into Plowshares
They'll Beat Their Lightsabers into Plowshares By: Matt Hubbard, Caretaker Emeritus, St. Louis MO In the movie The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker goes to the planet Dagoba to learn the ways of the Jedi from Master Yoda. I don’t feel like I should have to explain this to you but most of my Middle … Continue reading They’ll Beat Their Lightsabers into Plowshares
Simplicity in a potter’s field
Simplicity in a potter's field By. Ann Karasinski, Former Summer Servant, Grand Rapids MI The sun was rising, burning the fog off the mountain. It was quiet as I sat at the long table in the farmhouse and said my prayers. With no volunteer group, the caretakers and summer servants were following a different routine, … Continue reading Simplicity in a potter’s field
Wind and Flame
Bethlehem Farm: Wind and Flame By: Matt Hubbard, Caretaker Emeritus, St. Louis MO In the Old Testament, wind and flame are some of the signs of the presence of God. As the Bible opens, God’s Spirit (the same Hebrew word as “wind”) moved over the chaos waters, preparing to bring the spark of life to … Continue reading Wind and Flame