Where the River Begins:
A place where springs of water bubble to the surface
A protected home for all of life
A space devoted to a life-giving way

A center of peace
That teaches the art of sacred living and
Responsibilities of Living Earth and
Dwells in a manner to restore Earth
For humans and all living things
Especially those ones suffering and on the margins

A community of the heart,
A body of the living Christ
That in these changing and troubling times provides
A stable, sacred, unhurried, contemplative presence
At the head of the Boardman Watershed, in Kalkaska County,
Great Lakes bioregion between
Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and Lake Huron