For Many Spiritual Seekers, Author Wendell Berry Was a Fellow Pilgrim and Contrarian

Wendell Berry's death should be his revival in our culture

Throughout his life, Kentucky writer Wendell Berry described death not as an end, but as a stage in a cycle of renewal. Those who die return in body to the earth and endure in the memory of those who loved them. In “Three Elegaic Poems,” dedicated to his dying grandfather, Berry says the old man […]

Remembering Wendell Berry, a writer who stood up for the land

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Wendell Berry, 'Peace of Wild Things' author, dies

'COMPLEX. BRILLIANT. REVOLUTIONARY.'

Wendell Berry's Immovable Faith

For most of his 92 years, Wendell Berry farmed his Lane’s Landing homestead in Henry County, Kentucky. The widely revered poet-farmer, who wrote passionately about rural American life and humans’ responsibility to care for the land, believed in practicing what he preached. Those beliefs were rooted firmly in his Christian Baptist faith.

Listening to the legacy of Wendell Berry

Honoring the Kentuckian this week on Voices Carry

For many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian

Wendell Berry, the influential Kentucky author who died this week at 92, inspired many with his deep spiritual vision and his commitment to nature. Known for his essays, poetry and fiction, Berry connected environmental and human crises, emphasizing a spirituality…