Description:
Once upon a time, our ancestors knew they were intimately connected to the land. The hawks and soil and thunder and oak trees were kindred spirits and they lived together in sacred relationship.
Earth groans for our full re-engagement as participants in what Thich Nhat Hanh called the web of inter being. As the systems of our culture and planet are unraveling, this moment in time is a call to remember that we belong to an inter-connecting web of life, a love story of relationship with an animate and alive world.
In this one day eco-spiritual retreat, you will reflect on the role that wilderness played in the ancient stories of our religious traditions. You'll be invited to wonder about the role of wild beings in your own spiritual development as you wander in wildish places near your home, developing spiritual practices to reconnect with the Sacred through the natural world.
Listen for the alluring call of the sacred wild beckoning you to participate more fully in the holy conversation between all things.
What is the Cost?
This retreat cost $60 per person.
About the Presenter
Victoria Loorz, MDiv, is a spiritual director and the founding pastor of the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai California and Echoes Wild Church in Bellingham, Washington. She co-founded and leads the ecumenical Wild Church Network, a North American cohort of wild church leaders. Victoria is co-founder, guide and director of Seminary of the Wild, which offers a yearlong Eco-Ministry Certificate program that supports spiritual leaders to say YES to their own ‘wild calling’ to serve all Creation. In collaboration with Stillpoint, she guides the Eco-Spiritual Direction that trains spiritual directors to include the natural world as co-companions on the spiritual journey.
Victoria’s book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites us into the Sacred is scheduled to be released Fall 2021 through Broadleaf, Fortress Press. Her young adult children, Alec and Olivia, are wise, creative, tender souls, dedicated to creating a more inclusive, compassionate, and just world.