Author: George Cassidy Payne

Coming Home to Yourself: Wild Woman Retreat at Light on the Hill

“If you’re feeling any kind of way,” she told me, “you can go to the gorge and let it hold you. That water is ancient. It carries big energy—the kind that can transform the heaviness we all carry sometimes. The gorge isn’t just a landscape; it’s a living force.”

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What We Share: The Universal Threads of Being Human

No matter our lineage, language, practice, or path, there are sacred rhythms that tether us to each other.

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The Speed of Wonder: John Muir Laws on Attention, Art and the Sacred Act of Looking

The leaf is not just a leaf. It is a galaxy of chloroplasts, a vascular system, a fingerprint of time. A living, trembling archive of light and weather and form. You can’t handle it. You can barely comprehend it. But you can bow to it. You can draw it. You can fall in love with it.

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Listening to the Sacred Other: Interfaith Wisdom in an Age of Unraveling

At a time when humanity faces overlapping crises—climate catastrophe, economic injustice, political authoritarianism, and spiritual despair—we need more than critiques. We need visions.

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At the Heart of Healing: A Bodhisattva Path through Crisis, Community and Compassion

At Agape Haven, we nurture young people, especially those from historically marginalized backgrounds, to become present-day leaders—not someday leaders, now leaders. Through mentorship, creativity and resilience-building, we help them claim their voice and vision.

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