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Moonrise over Meeman-Shelby Forest

June 28, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer 2 Comments

Moonrise over Poplar Tree Lake

The moon rises over the forested horizon as we witness its appearance from the lake shore. How many moonrises have we seen across these waters?

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: birds, camping, hiking, Moon, trees

The Abundant Life of the Hoh Rain Forest

May 30, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Hoh Rain Forest

The Hoh Rain Forest waits as a patient guide, a moss-embroidered forest of wisdom, lined with ferns and storied over with trees older than memory.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: ferns, Hoh, moss, Olympic National Park, trees

The unheard songs of Saddleback Mountain

May 8, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Saddleback Mountain in early morning

Saddleback Mountain stands silent, motionless, stoic above frantic, superficial California as a reminder that some remnant of wildness persists beyond the freeways and strip malls.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: California, modernity, mountains, music, Orange County

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

February 15, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Lower falls, Yellowstone

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is unlike any other canyon in color, charm, in picturesque calendar-ready beauty, wild and frightening.

Filed Under: Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: canyons, geology, nature, osprey, rivers, stones, Yellowstone

Morning on the Riverwalk along the San Antonio River

January 12, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

River walk along the San Antonio River

I greet the day with delight in the cool air of dawn. I am happily surprised to find a sliver of solitude along the San Antonio riverwalk.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: colonialism, nature, rivers, San Antonio, tourism, Yanaguana

American Sacred Space in the Twenty-first Century

November 3, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Bear Lodge

Americans have always been ambivalent about the sacredness of their land, which has made American sacred space a story of perpetual conflict.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: civil religion, sacred space, space

Trekking through the Yellowstone “Museum of Wonders”

September 1, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Upper Geyser Basin

Wonder-Land Illustrated by Harry J. Norton, published in 1873, was one of the first tourbooks recounting the Yellowstone experience for a general audience.

Filed Under: Places, Reviews, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: geysers, Montana, nature, tourism, Yellowstone

A Civilized Savagery: Rev. Stanley’s ruminations on his way to Yellowstone

August 18, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Rev. Edwin J. Stanley’s 1873 tour of Yellowstone made him a witness to “the scepter of the irrepressible white man” in the divine right of Manifest Destiny.

Filed Under: History, Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: civilization, conquest, Manifest Destiny, Native Americans, race, tourism, Yellowstone

Holy Dirt: Review of The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó

July 28, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer 2 Comments

Review of “The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó: America’s Miraculous Church” by Brett Hendrickson.

Filed Under: Places, Reviews Tagged With: Chimayo, New Mexico, pilgrimage

Acadia National Park: A Soul and Spirit Stretching Place

May 26, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Sunset from the Beech Mountain Trail

The current issue of Chebacco focuses on the history of religion on Maine’s largest island and includes my essay on religion in Acadia National Park.

Filed Under: Places, Writing Tagged With: Acadia, ACMNP, spirituality

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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