On Creating Community, Together

On Creating Community, Together

A beacon is regarded by many people as a symbol. But it’s more. If it does its job, it’s also functional in the way it warns and welcomes travelers. It’s inspirational, in that it can be a harbinger of hope. And it’s motivational, too: those who have been helped by a...
A Gift of a Guest Journal

A Gift of a Guest Journal

Our daughter Elizabeth has blessed us by helping to coordinate guest logistics at Magnalia. What a joy it has been to host people from near and far, carrying with them stories and points of view very different from our own: people of many colors, creeds and...
On the Power of Story

On the Power of Story

In working to create a community at Magnalia that is a “Beacon of Hope,” we’re trying to be intentional in creating spaces that prompt people to experience simple awe and wonder, to think critically, to be rooted and yet forward-thinking — and to...
A Holy Hush

A Holy Hush

Sometimes a holy hush is just what we need at the end of a week of bustle, to put us in a Sabbath state of mind. But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him. -Habakkuk 2:20 A holy hush came upon us during our recent Summer...
Not an Ordinary Cup of Tea

Not an Ordinary Cup of Tea

Epic Annie Talton from Alabama leaves the Homestead today for DC after a great run of weeks working in Magnalia’s OnePull Community Garden under the oversight of Master Gardeners TimCindy Wall, helping create magic, like our first jar of Crown & Pepper Tea,...
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