Letters from the Springhouse Community

Our Springhouse newsletter is a gathering place for stories across our intergenerational community. Each issue includes letters from those who shape and are shaped by Springhouse. Together, these stories reflect the many ways we are envisioning, practicing, and sharing ways of living that contribute to a world where all life thrives.

Dear Springhouse community, I am Jeret Phelps, I am a 19-year-old senior student, and I am very grateful to our community at Springhouse for many reasons. Since my first time at Springhouse, the community has provided me with a safe, open, and loving environment. This fruitful environment has hel...

by Jeret Phelps — Feb 17, 2026 community leadership plants senior year

Letter from Jenny

Nothing can dim the light that shines within you. ~ Maya Angelou Dear Springhouse community, I hope this wintertime is giving you space to reconnect with yourself and reflect on what nourishes you. As I said in my last letter, through story, metaphor, and wisdom traditions, my letters this year w...

by Dr. Jennifer Finn — Feb 03, 2026 adult development candles darkness kali light self-reflection transformation

Letter from the Springhouse Community

Dear Springhouse community, It’s dawn as I unlock the door and enter Springhouse. I take in the quietness, the clean, orderly rooms which will soon be filled with the noise and bustle- the excitement of a new day, as parents and children arrive. I make my way up the stairs to collect the van k...

by Monique Theoret — Jan 20, 2026 community learning community safe & loving trust

Letter from Jenny

Everything you see has its rootsin the unseen world.The forms may change,yet the essence remains the same. Every wondrous sight will vanish,every sweet word will fade.But do not be disheartened,The Source they come from is eternal–growing, branching out,giving new life and new joy. Why do you wee...

by Dr. Jenny Finn — Jan 06, 2026 letters life purpose source

Letter from the Springhouse Community

Dear Springhouse community, I am a grandparent of a Springhouse student as well as a Springhouse Partner. You would think having two grandchildren graduate and one still attending would be reason enough to be a Partner, but it’s much more than that to me. I was bullied several times in public ...

by Dave Werner — Dec 17, 2025 community sourced design springhouse partner

Letter from Jenny

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Springhouse community, This morning, as I sit by three lit candles looking out over the rolling hills on this misty day, I am thinking of a walk I took in the woods back in the fall. My mom had told me that the acorn...

by Dr. Jennifer Finn — Dec 02, 2025 acorn agency human development time

Letter from a Springhouse Community Member

I'm sitting in my house near Warsaw, about 7,300 kilometers from Floyd, Virginia, USA, and pondering the significance of the geographical distance separating me from Springhouse. I'd say it's a shorter distance than the straight line from my head to my heart. Throughout my life, I've been taugh...

by Rafał Strzałkowski — Nov 18, 2025 adult programs beloved community lifelong learning sourced design

Letter from Jenny

It's time that we returned to the great questions of human growth and learning: How can we help each child reach his or her true potential? How can we inspire each child and adolescent to discover his or her inner passion to learn? How can we honor the unique journey of each individual thro...

by Jenny Finn — Nov 05, 2025 beloved community child development eco-centric and holistic development human development teen development

Letter from a Springhouse Community Member

Dear Springhouse community, Exploring and discussing the roots of spirituality has always been at the center of my life ever since I can remember. I guess you could call me a life-long spiritual seeker. Springhouse’s adult online programming has given me the unique opportunity to feel united w...

by Michelle Hair — Oct 21, 2025 adult programs beloved community lifelong learning sourced design

Letter from Jenny

Memory is the place where our vanished days secretly gather. Memory rescues experience from total disappearance…It is astonishing how faithful experience actually is; how it never vanishes completely. Experience leaves deep traces in us. It is surprising that years after something has happened t...

by Dr. Jennifer Finn — Oct 07, 2025 community memory practice unknown writing

Letter from a Springhouse Community Member

Dear Springhouse community, What brought me to Springhouse was my 14 year old son Skyelar who refused to participate in any way during his 8th grade year in the New York public school system. He wasn’t a trouble maker, he just refused to conform to a system that he didn’t believe had his best int...

by Martha Lutz — Sep 18, 2025 adultprograms beloved community community truenorth

Letter from Jenny Finn

Dear Springhouse community, I hope this letter finds you well. The whole Springhouse staff showed up to do work projects with my husband and I on our farm this past weekend. I am excited to tell you more about this shared work day experiment and what I am learning from it. A few months ago, I as...

by Dr. Jennifer Finn — Sep 04, 2025 beloved community community many hands light work