Tim Coats

When community, family, and purpose decline while money rises in importance, what does it reveal about the state of our culture?

When we purchased our cabin twenty-two years ago, there was a little white pine growing up in a shrub at the corner of the house. It was only about a foot tall. I thought it would look nice in the yard, so I carefully dug it out and transplanted it. Here’s a picture of it … Continue reading “The Best Time To Plant A Tree”

Facts explain what things are, but they cannot tell us what they mean. Tim reflects on why meaning is discovered not through knowledge alone, but through the deep connections of the human heart.

What makes us who we are? Tim reflects on the relationship between external circumstances and our inner lives, asking whether improving the quality of our thoughts and awareness might change the way we experience the world.