{"id":10659,"date":"2026-09-21T22:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/?p=10659"},"modified":"2026-09-21T22:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:41:22","slug":"sacramental-noticing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/?p=10659","title":{"rendered":"Sacramental Noticing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bessey7-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is my hope that the wilderness will restore your capacity for wonder.  It&#8217;s my hope that you&#8217;ll relearn how to ask questions and you&#8217;ll be startled by ladybugs and the return of a robin will make you glad.  It&#8217;s my hope that children and elders will find you a patient presence.  And it&#8217;s my hope that you&#8217;ll realize that being useful and having answers isn&#8217;t everything.  There has to be room for nonsensical, wasteful, and sacramental noticing, because through it you begin to witness God&#8217;s heavy pour of love into your cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Sarah Bessey, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/field_notes_for_the_wilderness.html\">Field Notes for the Wilderness<\/a><\/em>, p. 101<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Grounds of the Abbaye de Royaumont, France, June 24, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is my hope that the wilderness will restore your capacity for wonder. It&#8217;s my hope that you&#8217;ll relearn how to ask questions and you&#8217;ll be startled by ladybugs and the return of a robin will make you glad. It&#8217;s my hope that children and elders will find you a patient presence. And it&#8217;s my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,8,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessing","category-joy","category-life","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10661,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10659\/revisions\/10661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}