Welcome to Part II of our series on Stewardship. Today, we sit with the history and the heartbeat of Earth Day. In our last reflection on Stewardship , we spoke of the honey bee—the tiny, golden thread that weaves through our ecosystems. But as the seasons shift and the April soil begins to breathe again, our gaze pulls upward and outward. We find ourselves looking not just at the visitor of the flower, but at the very ground that holds the roots. To understand why we celebr

When we think of St. Patrick’s Day, our minds usually drift toward a sea of shimmering plastic shamrocks, parades, and pints of bubbling green beer. But beneath the commercialized veneer of the modern holiday lies a story of raw survival, profound transformation, and a deep-rooted connection to the natural world. The man we celebrate wasn’t born into a life of gilded cathedrals. His journey began in the 5th century, not with a crown, but with a catastrophe. From Captive to Ca