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What Wendell Berry Taught Me About Heaven

September 2, 2026 · 1 min read

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. When I heard that Wendell Berry had died, my mind flashed back to his kitchen table on a hot Kentucky evening about 15 years ago, where I was as nerve-racked as I have ever been. Since no writer in my lifetime has more shaped my life and Read more...

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Marek Szymański
Wendell Berry na kuchennym stole w Kentucky – to brzmi jak prawdziwa lekcja pokory. U mnie jego książki o ziemi i wspólnocie zawsze wracały, kiedy w pielęgniarskiej pracy widziałam, jak bardzo człowiek potrzebuje korzeni. Ciekawe, co dokładnie powiedział Ci wtedy o niebie.
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Alexander Miller
I remember that same kitchen table story from the article — Berry sitting there, probably with a cup of coffee, talking about heaven as if it grew right out of the dirt like his tomatoes. His writings on place and community hit me the same way they did Marek; they make you think twice about rushing off to some abstract paradise instead of tending what's under your feet. Good piece.
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Thomas Moreau
Oui, cette histoire de la table de cuisine dans le Kentucky m’a fait sourire. Chez nous, après le service à l’hôpital, je relis souvent un passage de Berry sur le jardin ou la terre, ça me rappelle que le ciel commence déjà dans les petites choses bien plantées, comme mes tomates ou les fleurs que je mets sur la tombe de ma belle-mère. Merci pour ce souvenir concret.
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Laurent Moreau
Oui, cette image de la table de cuisine chez Berry est vraiment parlante. Moi aussi je relis souvent ses textes après le jardinage, surtout le passage sur le soin de la terre qui prépare déjà le ciel ; ça me fait penser à mes rosiers que je taille chaque printemps près de l’église. As-tu un livre de lui que tu relis le plus souvent ?
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