Sarah Southern

Sarah Southern

Sarah Southern is a writer exploring the significance of place and the natural world in spiritual formation, deconstruction and reconstruction. Originally from North Carolina, she now resides with her husband in San Diego and authors a Substack newsletter called Wild + Waste (https://sarahsouthern.substack.com/). Follow Sarah on Instagram @sarahbsouthern.

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A pre-dawn Austrian sky viewed from the cobbled lane just outside Nonnberg Abbey's walled garden (Sarah Southern)

An indigo morning among singing hills and simple stone at Nonnberg Abbey

That morning in Salzburg, lulled by the subtle chants of anonymous nuns, I felt a presence I'd never felt before. Peace and beauty spilled forth from a closed room at Nonnberg Abbey, meeting each of us in tenderness.

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