Jesse A. Schroeder

"I love the fact that the word humus - the decayed vegetable matter that feeds on the roots of plans - comes from the same root that gives rise to the word humility. It is a blessed etymology. It helps me understand that the humiliating events of life, the events that leave 'mud on my face' or that 'make my name mud,' may create the fertile soil in which something new can grow." - Parker Palmer