Strength from the Stillness
Strength from the Stillness
by Harold E. Kohn
Step Away from the Noise. Find Strength in the Stillness.
Sometimes strength is found by slowing down.
In Strength from the Stillness, naturalist, artist, pastor, and counselor Harold E. Kohn invites you to step away from the noise of everyday life and look more closely at the natural world. Through 35 illustrated reflections, the woods, water, wildlife, weather, and changing seasons become starting points for thoughtful insights about faith, peace, purpose, perseverance, and life.
Each bite-sized reflection begins with something observed in nature and opens into a larger lesson. Warm, thoughtful, and beautifully illustrated, these reflections offer a quiet place to slow down, regain perspective, and discover renewed strength.
- 35 bite-sized reflections on nature, faith & life
- Peace & perspective for a busy world
- Gentle encouragement for life’s harder seasons
- Original nature illustrations with every reflection
The Eye of a Naturalist. The Heart of a Pastor.
Harold E. Kohn had a gift for seeing meaning in things others might pass by. Birds, wildlife, plants, weather, water, woods, and the turning seasons became starting points for reflections on faith, purpose, perseverance, suffering, and hope.
That perspective grew from a lifetime of close observation. Kohn was not simply a writer who enjoyed the outdoors; his daughter described him as a true naturalist—curious, attentive, and eager to understand what he saw. At Hidden Brook, his family’s wooded retreat in northern Michigan, he found a place to slow down, observe the created world, and reflect on the deeper meaning of life.
Strength from the Stillness makes a meaningful Christian gift for nature lovers, outdoor enthusiasts, and anyone longing for greater peace, perspective, encouragement, or a quieter way to reflect on faith and life.
About Harold E. Kohn
His life was shaped by suffering. His eye was drawn to creation. His words still offer comfort.
Harold E. Kohn was a pastor, counselor, naturalist, artist, and poet who spent a lifetime observing both the beauty of creation and the struggles people carry. A lifelong student of the natural world, he delighted in noticing the details others might overlook and sharing what they revealed about life and faith.
Kohn also knew suffering personally. Through serious illness, chronic pain, and loss, he developed a deep compassion for others that shaped decades of pastoral ministry and counseling.
His warm prose and original illustrations bring those worlds together, finding enduring lessons of faith and life in the ordinary wonders of creation.
Step away from the noise. Slow down. And discover the strength that can be found in stillness.
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