The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor

Lore Ferguson Wilbert shares her journey of alienation and disorientation after years of religious and political unrest in the evangelical church. She looks to the forest as an unlikely place to learn how to live and thrive when everything seems to be falling apart. Wilbert explores the metaphors of eroding soil, decomposition, lichen growth, fiddlehead ferns, self-sowing seeds, and walking through the mud. Through her tenderness and honesty, she helps readers grieve, remember, hope, and press on with resilience. The understory of the forest provides rich metaphors for living a rooted and flourishing life within the complex ecosystems of our world.

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