HILLSPEAKING
from The Anglican Digest 

EASTER A.D. 2004

  
AN Australian TAD reader and supporter writes: "What is Hillspeak?  Obviously it is a place, but what is its purpose & who lives there, visits there?  It must be important as a page is used every edition with jottings concerning it."
 
Well, for our Down Under querist and others who may have similar questions, here are some more jottings:
 
First, it is a place, a bit of terra firma, 300 acres, more or less, of prime Ozarks hills and "hollers" comprised of Morningside, of about fifty acres, upon which the Twin Barns, two houses, guest quarters and other buildings are sited; and about a third of Pond Mountain, the second highest point in Carroll County.  Morningside, by whatever name at the time, has been used since Civil War days as a crop, dairy, or poultry farm and was known as the Silver Cloud Ranch (because of the fog that settles on it from time to time) when the Rev'd Howard Lane Foland (1908-1989) bought it in 1959 and moved here with his colleagues in 1960.
 
Second, it is the headquarters for the Society for Promoting and Encouraging Arts and Knowledge (of the Church), more commonly known as SPEAK.  SPEAK ministers through the written word in the Anglican Book Club (1953), The Anglican Digest (1958), Operation Pass Along (1972), the Howard Lane Foland Library (1980), and The Anglican Bookstore (1987).  As evidenced by our querist, SPEAK has an international ministry.
 
Third, Hillspeak, with its Ozarks setting and its Twin Barns serves as a symbol for SPEAK's five programs.  The Four Seasons cross, designed by Father Foland, is used in some fashion by all five ministries and is prominently displayed on the Twin Barns.  The Good Friday cross he designed appears over the altar in St. Mark's Chapel (open around the clock, around the year) and in the sacristy, and has been replicated as a memorial to him in Trinity Park, part of Morningside.
 
Lastly, who lives here, who visits here?
 
TAD's Managing Editor and his wife live in the Old Residence, built as a two-room, dog-trot cabin about the time of the Civil War.  Patient Wife and I live in the Farm House, built in the early 1900s.

  Who visits?  People interested in SPEAK's ministries from all over the United States and from around the globe — including Australia.
 
And to that Australian querist — thanks for asking!




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