Larry Hobbs knew the story of the stones — through decades of footfalls and through years of geological study.
Larry knew the story of this great wide earth, written in melting caps, rising seas, changing currents, changing times.
He knew the human story, at least parts of it — broken and whole and breaking again.
A story of imbalance leading the way towards unthinkable horizons. A bleak story, but with room enough for healing, with faith enough for mystery, with at least a backward glance towards hope….

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Note: This short piece has been submitted to Circles on the Mountain for publication.  For better or worse, wilderness rites of passage programs have gained a great deal of popularity over recent years. For better, because many of us have worked hard to see meaningful rites regain their importance within modern culture. We know that…

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In other words, while it may be the dark that contains the unexpected, unwanted, and incomprehensible, it is also that which illuminates and grants us the ability to see what is hidden there.

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