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The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzLegalizing Kinship with César Rodríguez-GaravitoIn this conversation, Victoria Loorz speaks with legal scholar César Rodríguez-Garavito, founding director of MOTH (More Than Human Life) at NYU School of Law and a leading voice in multispecies justice. César has led landmark climate change, rights of nature, and Indigenous rights cases, including serving on the Science Panel for the Amazon and as an expert witness before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.Together, they delve into César’s collaboration with Project CETI, which uses AI and non invasive technologies to study sperm whale communication. They explore the audacious possibility that whales...
2026-02-2844 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzThe Path of True Eldership with Mac MacartneyIn this conversation, Victoria Loorz connects with speaker, writer, and mentor Mac Macartney, founder of Embercombe, a UK educational charity and 50-acre retreat and rewilding site dedicated to the flourishing future of all species. In Victoria’s words, Mac is one of our generation’s true elders. He speaks from decades of lived apprenticeship, shaped by not fitting the dominant culture, by failure that became a gift, and by a lifelong search for home. His voice carries the embodied wisdom of someone who has moved through exile, betrayal, and the seduction of power, and chosen integrity.Mac refl...
2026-02-1447 min
Mid-faith CrisisCherish your twiddly buttonsAs we enter Lent, how can we make space in our lives to hear from God? In this episode we talk about the role of the wilderness in our lives and how it can actually be a place of encounter and change, a place where you hear the voice.
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Strong's Hebrew: 4057. מִדְבָּר (midbar) -- Wilderness, desert
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2026-02-1443 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzArt & Technology As A Portal Into Kinship with Barnaby SteelIn this conversation, Victoria Loorz is joined by Barnaby Steel, artist and co-founder of Marshmallow Laser Feast, an experiential art collective devoted to awakening the senses and expanding perception through multisensory exhibits. Together, they explore how art, science, and imagination engage the illusion of separation, and how even controversial technologies like AI might be held in ways that deepen relationship rather than fragment it. In a time when technology often distracts and numbs, the conversation asks a different question: what if our tools could help us remember how to sense, feel, and belong in relationship?Barnaby reflects...
2026-01-311h 00The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzAnimism, the Common Wild Tongue & Remembering Relationship with Rachel FlemingIn this conversation, Victoria Loorz is joined by Rachel Fleming, climate scientist, former Environment Agency policy advisor, writer, educator, and part of the Animate Earth founding circle. Together they explore modern animism, the remembering of the “common wild tongue,” and what it means to rebuild intimacy with a living, intelligent world. Rachel shares her journey bridging climate science, holistic ecology, and spiritual practice, reflecting on the limits of purely technical or policy-based responses to ecological collapse. Through stories of place, trees, and faithful return, the conversation traces the long human exile from belonging and the quiet emergence of a diff...
2026-01-171h 00The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzRefugia Faith, Creating Sanctuary & Finding Home with Debra RienstraIn this conversation, Debra Rienstra, PhD, author of Refugia Faith and professor of English at Calvin University, joins Victoria Loorz to explore refugia, a biological term for small pockets of life that survive widespread environmental stress and become sources of regeneration after collapse. Debra invites us to imagine these protected pockets are also in our communities as forms of sanctuary amid increasingly uninhabitable social, spiritual, and ecological conditions. Together, they reflect on how small gatherings rooted in love for the land can counter paralysis in the face of global crisis and rewild our sense of vocation and voice. They...
2026-01-0354 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzEarth, Soul & Learning Reciprocity from Trees with Leah RampyIn this conversation, author of Earth and Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos, speaker, retreat leader and longtime spiritual formation guide Leah Rampy joins Victoria Loorz to explore spirituality as a lived relationship to the natural world—where trees are kin, not symbols, and reciprocity replaces extraction. Leah reflects on her journey from corporate life into a decolonizing spirituality & leadership rooted in ecological belonging, sharing stories of black walnut trees, Wild Church as a practice of community and communion, and the slow unlayering of protective armor. Together, they reflect on how awe and grief must be held together, how the de...
2025-12-2049 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzGrief, Kinship, and the Animals Who Guide Us with Professional Animal CommunicatorsIn this conversation, Certified Soul Level Animal Communicators and grief-intuitive coaches from The Animal Communication Collective (ACC)—Julie Hirt, Karen Dendy Smith, and Meredith Tollison—offer a vivid picture of animal communication as a soul-to-soul exchange that restores trust, deepens wholeness, and opens doorways to healing and transformation. They demystify why losing an animal often breaks us open more than losing a human, explore how animals help surface grief we have long buried, and share stories from clients who continue receiving guidance through images, humor, sensations, and inner knowing even after their animals have crossed the veil. The trio also...
2025-12-0659 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzIndigenous Wisdom For the Edges of Western Spirituality with Randy WoodleyIn this conversation with Victoria Loorz, Randy Woodley shares stories from his Cherokee lineage, his mother’s deep communion with plants and animals, and his decades of land based ministry at Eloheh Farm. Together they explore why many today stand on the "inside and outside edges" of the Christian story, the collapse of institutional religion, and how Creator often works through seasons of chaos. Woodley describes this era as a time of composting, where old systems break down so more relational and grounded ways of being can emerge. He invites listeners to let go of rigid categories and doctrines an...
2025-11-2249 min
The Biggest TableSacred Kinship with All of Nature with Victoria LoorzIn this episode of The Biggest Table, host Andrew Camp converses with Victoria Loorz, a wild church pastor, eco spiritual director, and author, about her unique perspective on spirituality and nature. Victoria discusses her journey from being a pastor of indoor churches to founding the first Church of the Wild in Ojai, California, and her involvement with the Ecumenical Wild Church Network. The conversation delves into the concept of 'Wild Spirituality,' emphasizing a reorientation of relationships with the living world through a 'wild Christ.' Victoria unpacks the spiritual significance of integrating nature with religious practices, the importance...
2025-11-181h 03The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzLove, Truth and the Living World with Andreas WeberBiologist, biosemiotician, philosopher, and author of Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology, Andreas Weber, PhD, joins Victoria Loorz for a heartfelt conversation about reality as a sacred, living process of relationship - the continual desire to give life and what the heart knows as love. Together they explore how trauma causes us to forget our wholeness and how true healing is an act of remembering. Drawing on Sufi mysticism and the writings of Erich Fromm, Weber describes love as “the interest in the aliveness of the other” and names this time of global unraveling as a painful yet essential gift...
2025-11-0850 min
Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityExciting New Directions in Faith-Based Earth Care: Victoria Loorz Interviews Forrest Inslee | Ep. 139In this conversation, introduced by James Amadon, Forrest Inslee is a guest on the Holy Wild podcast, hosted by Victoria Loorz of the Center for Wild Spirituality. Forrest discusses his journey of transitioning from a traditional evangelical perspective to a more inclusive understanding of creation care. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing the interconnectedness of all creation and the need for a shift in the church's approach to environmental issues. The dialogue explores themes of ecological discipleship, the significance of listening to the land, and the role of spirituality in fostering a deeper connection with nature. Forrest and Victoria...
2025-10-2942 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzHealing Displacement & the Scottish Art of Holding Opposites with Alastair McIntoshIn this episode of The Holy Wild, Scottish author and activist Alastair McIntosh explores the spiritual, historical, and ecological roots of our collective crisis of belonging. Grounded in the history of the Highland Clearances, he offers this chapter of Scotland’s past as a lens for understanding global patterns of displacement, from the enslavement of African peoples to the colonization of Indigenous lands and the refugees of our own time. He reveals how being unsettled from land fractures psyche and soul. Mcintosh invites a path toward compassion through the Scottish wisdom of Caledonian antisyzygy, the capacity to hold opposites. He...
2025-10-271h 01
ReseedChurch of the Wild - Victoria LoorzThis is a conversation about discovering sacredness and deconstructing empire.Sacredness can be found in our forests, streams, parks, and backyards, rather than building walls around religion and isolating human beings from creation. That is why Church of the Wild brings nature, spirituality, and reverence together, regardless of specific religion. But many of us, despite feeling a spirituality in nature, are out of practice with prayer and have lost sacredness in our daily lives. This episode of Reseed is a conversation about how to find sacredness, and how doing so is a rejection o...
2025-10-1453 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzAwakening a Forest Sense: Grief, Mystery, and the Reformation of Faith with Michael EllickIn this conversation, Victoria Loorz and pastor-activist Michael Ellick explore the lifelong dance between wilderness, spirit, and faith. Michael shares stories of his mystical childhood in the forests of Washington—his first teacher in wonder and interconnection—and how that early “forest sense” eventually brought him through disillusionment with the church into a deeper, embodied Christianity. Together they reflect on grief, reciprocity, and the call to live as part of creation rather than separate from it. From the undulating forest floor to Holy Saturday’s sacred grief, from ancient language to feminine images of the divine, this dialogue traces a hopeful...
2025-10-071h 00
The Gospel of Direct ExperienceAt the Edge of Collapse and Connection: Victoria Loorz on Wild SpiritualityJeff and Michael sit down with Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild, founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality, and co-founder of the Wild Church Network, for a conversation about finding the sacred beyond church walls. They talk about the experience of hearing God beneath an oak tree, encounters with owls and vultures, and why wilderness has always been the place where spiritual transformation begins. Together they explore what it means to face ecological and institutional collapse without turning away—to grieve, to stay connected, and to treat even loss as part of th...
2025-09-241h 06The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzWhen Churches Reimagine Land as Sacred Community with Forrest InsleeIn this conversation, Victoria Loorz and Dr. Forrest Inslee explore how Christian faith is expanding beyond human-centered concerns into a vision of beloved community that embraces all of creation. Drawing from his work with Circlewood and the Earthkeepers podcast, Forrest shares stories of churches learning to “listen to the land,” embrace ecological discipleship, and practice what he calls co-powerment—partnership rooted in humility and reciprocity. Together, they reflect on how theology, community development, and lived experience can guide us toward a new story: one where spirituality is woven through relationship with soil, water, creatures, and the wider web of life.
2025-09-241h 06The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzWholeness as the Holy Work of Process Theology with Dr. Sheri KlingIn this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz and Dr. Sheri Kling explore how personal trauma, dreamwork, and encounters with the natural world can become gateways into deeper wholeness and divine relationship. Sheri weaves process theology and Jungian psychology into lived stories of synchronicity, butterflies, and sacred encounters that remind us we are co-creators in an unfolding cosmos of meaning. What emerges is an invitation to trust the flow of becoming, where even separation is part of the holy dance that leads us back into connection with Earth, Spirit, and one another.Dr. Sheri D. Kling...
2025-09-0659 min
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2025-08-2800 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzWhen the Earth Speaks: Synchronicity, Story, and the Sacred with Dr. Craig ChalquistIn this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with Dr. Craig Chalquist as they explore how to live through collapse with open hearts, grounding in love and relationship with Earth. They speak of healing false separations between spirit and matter, human and nature, psyche and place, and how imagination, story, and synchronicity can guide us into deeper belonging. Craig shares how dreams, fiction, and encounters with the more-than-human world invite us into sacred conversation rather than despair. Together they remind us that even in times of unraveling, new stories are already emerging and calling us to co-create...
2025-08-231h 01The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzRemembering The World As Lover and As Self with Joanna Macy (In Memoriam)In memory of Joanna Macy, we offer this recording from a Seminary of the Wild gathering where she spoke with radiant clarity about living through collapse with courage and love. She outlines four ancient ways of seeing the world—battlefield, trap, lover, and self—and invites us into the radical intimacy of belonging to a living Earth as lover and self. With humor and grace, she tells a story from Cosmicomics by Italian author Italo Calvino, in which the universe begins not with a bang, but with a generous offer to make pasta.Discover Joanna's work at:
2025-08-0948 min
The Animal Communication PodcastThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzIf you’ve ever bumped up against “religion” (I’m doing air quotes) and animal communication and how they can exist together - Victoria Loorz is someone who can help you. She is the founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality whose two-year program, Seminary of the Wild, is focused on a deep-dive yearlong Eco-Ministry Certificate program for all those who feel called by Earth and Spirit to "restore the great conversation," as Thomas Berry once said. Victoria is also the host of one of Julie’s favorite podcasts “The Holy Wild” and the author of “Church of the Wild - How Nature...
2025-08-041h 03The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzWhat We are Learning from the Holy Wild about Spiritual Companionship with Deb Metzger and Elizabeth RechterWhat does it mean to listen with the Holy Wild? In this episode, Victoria Loorz is joined by Elizabeth Rechter and Deb Metzger—two seasoned spiritual companions and guides in the Eco-Spiritual Direction program from Seminary of the Wild Earth. Together they reflect on the sacred practice of holy listening in partnership with the more-than-human world, sharing stories of reciprocity, grief, and transformation that emerge from deep relationship with Earth. The conversation is both an invitation and a reminder: the wild trusts us, and in return, we are called to trust the holy within and all around us....
2025-07-2657 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzCeltic Wisdom for Reconnecting with Place with Seán Ó GaoithínIn this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with Sean Ó Gaoithín, the lead gardener at Glenveagh National Park, Irish forest-tender and a third-level Hedge Druid, about his journey of ecological restoration, ancestral reconnection, and spiritual practice. They share how sacred relationship with land is remembered through language, biodiversity, and embodied gestures like Gaia Touch. Together, they explore insights on rewilding efforts in Donegal, the ancient Celtic festivals, declaring peace with nature through prayerful movement, and how despair and hope can both be holy as we return to sacred kinship with Earth.Connect with Sean:...
2025-07-051h 17
Live Free Ride Free with Rupert IsaacsonDo Evangelicals Struggle With Nature – Faith, Disability & Kinship with Dr. Ben Conner | Ep 31 Live Free Ride FreeDr. Ben Conner, professor of practical theology and founder of the Center for Disability and Ministry, joins Rupert Isaacson for a radical rethinking of Christianity and environmentalism. From reinterpreting "dominion" in Genesis to empowering neurodivergent voices in ministry, Ben challenges assumptions about American evangelicalism, conservation, and the role of theology in planetary healing. Together, they explore how to reconnect children, horses, and communities to a sense of sacred kinship with nature—through wonder, embodiment, and relational theology.✨ “Maybe the vocation of a mountain is just to be a mountain.” – Ben Conner✨ "Jesus in the wilderness w...
2025-07-031h 58
Liturgical rebelsEpisode 34 - Church of the Wild with Victoria LoorzSend a textIn this conversation, Christine Sine and Victoria Loorz explore the intersection of faith and ecology, discussing Victoria's journey from a corporate career to becoming a leader in the Wild Church movement. They delve into the importance of connecting spirituality with nature, the emergence of the Wild Church Network, and the significance of sacred conversations with the natural world. Victoria shares insights from her work with the Seminary of the Wild, emphasizing the need for intentional practices to foster a deeper relationship with the earth and each other. This conversation explores the deep connections between...
2025-06-1853 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzWhat Is Church of the Wild? with Valerie Luna SerrelsIn this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with her sister and co-author, Valerie Luna Serrels, about the transformative movement of Wild Church. Together they explore how sacred relationship with Earth is being rekindled through embodied spiritual practice, intentional community, and the reclamation of ancient ways of knowing. They reflect on the Field Guide to Church of the Wild, a book they co-wrote to support this growing network, and share insights into the shift from dominance to kinship as a core spiritual calling.Mentioned in the episode:Writing: USING EMERGENCE TO TAKE SOCIAL INNOVATIONS...
2025-06-141h 00
The Radiant SoulWhen the Wind is the Preacher: An Interview with VIctoria LoorzWhat if church had no walls and the sermon came from the wind in the trees? In this episode of Neon Alchemist, Brother Jay sits down with author and eco-theologian Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild and Field Guide to Church of the Wild, to talk wild churches, sacred conversations with nature, and why John 1 might not be about “the Word” but about a divine conversation echoing through creation. Bring your hiking boots or at least your imagination. Book: Church of the WildBook: Field Guide to Church of the WildWebs...
2025-06-0743 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzRe-Enchanting the World Through Relationship with Brother Coyote (Gary Paul Nabhan)In this profound conversation, Victoria Loorz is joined by ethnobotanist, Franciscan brother, and spiritual ecologist Gary Paul Nabhan—also known as Brother Coyote—exploring themes of cultural and spiritual resistance, sacred relationship with the land, and the transformative power of remembering ancient ways. Gary shares stories of his time with Indigenous communities, his recent recovery from a traumatic head injury, and his hope for agrarian sanctuaries in a time of ecological and societal collapse. Inviting us into a re-enchanted worldview grounded in interconnection, reverence, and resilience and concluding with a poetic practice of naming the relationships in the natural worl...
2025-05-3153 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzLife After Doom with Brian McLarenIn this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with author and public theologian Brian McLaren about how to live with love, courage, and imagination in the midst of ecological and societal collapse. Rooted in McLaren’s latest book, Life After Doom, their conversation invites us into a deeper spirituality that faces reality without losing hope. Together, they explore how grief, beauty, and small communities of care can become seeds of transformation. It’s a moving, grounded dialogue for anyone longing to walk a path of love—no matter what unfolds.Mentioned in the episode:Book...
2025-05-1753 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzKincentric Leadership: The Unlearning And Emergence Of A New Kind Of Spiritual Leader with Justine Afra HuxleyIn this moving conversation, Victoria Loorz and Justine Afra Huxley explore kincentric leadership as both an unlearning and an emergence — a return to sacred relationship with Earth and a new way of living as spiritual leaders. Drawing from Sufi tradition, spiritual ecology, and deep listening to the more-than-human world, Justine invites us into a future shaped by kinship, reverence, and co-creation.Mentioned in the episode:Website: patmccabe.netConnect with Justine:Website: kincentricleadership.orgBook: Generation Y: Spirituality and Social ChangeMagazine: emergencemagazine.orgWebsite: goldensufi.orgWebsite: stethelburgas.orgConnect with the Center:Website: wi...
2025-05-0349 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzIndigenous Worldview Can Preserve Our Existence with Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs)In this moving episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz is joined by Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs)—Cherokee author, scholar, and Lakota pipe carrier—for a profound conversation centered on reclaiming a kinship-based worldview. Drawing from Indigenous wisdom, never-before-told personal vision stories, and decades of advocacy, Four Arrows shares how restoring sacred relationship with the Earth begins with shifting our deepest ways of seeing and being. May this conversation serve as a powerful reminder that Indigenous worldviews hold essential guidance for healing our fractured relationship with the more-than-human world.Mentioned in the episode:Book: Rest...
2025-04-1952 min
Radical SacredChurch of the Wild Field Guide Conversation with Victoria Loorz and Valerie Luna SerrelsWe chat with Victoria Loorz and Valerie Luna Serrels about their fabulous new offering: Field Guide to the Church of the Wild. Victoria and Valerie are sisters who create uniquely wild offerings through Seminary of the Wild Earth, eco spiritual direction training and more. In this honest and deeply rooted conversation we learn how Victoria and Valerie are creating a mycelial hub for the emerging wild spirituality movement. When we listen to the wild call of our hearts what might we discover? How can being in relationship with the more than human earth transform how we see all things?
2025-04-161h 01The Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzMapping The Holy WildOn our first episode of the Holy Wild, Victoria speaks with producer Stephen about the vision for the podcast. Victoria shares her answers to the questions we intend to ask every guest, including "tell me about the land that raised you?" and "what's a recent experience you've had with the holy and wild?" They also introduce elements of the podcast like the invitation to you at the end of each episode, as well as the Sacred Conversation segment to feature your stories and encounters.Mentioned in the episode:Book: Church of the Wild by Victoria...
2025-04-0551 min
Episcopal Divinity SchoolJustice with Creation and with One AnotherIn this episode of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective, host the Rev. Rebekah Hatch, Canon for Lay & Ordained Vocations in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, speaks with the Rev. Candice Combs, pastor of New Life Lutheran Church in Dripping Springs, Texas - a unique congregation that worships exclusively outdoors.
Rev. Combs shares how New Life, a congregation focused on grace, discipleship, children, and creation, has found its own unique expression of faith. By embracing an outdoor worship space, the congregation has cultivated a deeper connection with nature and fostered a sense of community that values resilience...
2025-03-1338 min
Small Churches Big Impact PodcastJustice with Creation and with One AnotherIn this episode of the Small Churches Big Impact Collective, host the Rev. Rebekah Hatch, Canon for Lay & Ordained Vocations in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, speaks with the Rev. Candice Combs, pastor of New Life Lutheran Church in Dripping Springs, Texas - a unique congregation that worships exclusively outdoors.Rev. Combs shares how New Life, a congregation focused on grace, discipleship, children, and creation, has found its own unique expression of faith. By embracing an outdoor worship space, the congregation has cultivated a deeper connection with nature and fostered a sense of community...
2025-03-1338 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityPractices for a Wilder Spirituality: Victoria Loorz’ New Field Guide to Church of the Wild | Ep. 124If you’re a regular listener, you’ll know that one of our frequent—and recent—guests is Victoria Loorz, one of the founders of the Wild Church movement. In this conversation, she discusses her book Field Guide to Church of the Wild, which serves as a resource for individuals and communities seeking to reconnect with nature and spirituality. The book is a collection of stories, practices, and prayers from the Wild Church Network, aimed at fostering a deeper relationship with the natural world. Loorz emphasizes the importance of listening to nature, the diversity of spiritual practices, and the role of...
2025-03-0340 minThe Holy Wild with Victoria LoorzThe Holy Wild TrailerFrom the Center For Wild Spirituality, The Holy Wild, hosted by Victoria Loorz.Connect with the Center:Website: wildspirituality.earthVictoria's Website: victorialoorz.comEmail: hello@wildspirituality.earthLinktree: linktr.ee/ctrforwildspiritualityInstagram: @center_for_wild_spirituality
2025-03-0305 minRadical SacredThe Allurement of Nature: A Spiritual Journey with Victoria Loorz“We have lost relational language for the natural world and lost part of our own souls along with it.” - Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild Wild Church Pastor, Eco Spiritual Director, author and founder of Center for Wild Spirituality Victoria Loorz wants us to reimagine our own wildness and our interconnectedness to the earth. Victoria’s invitation to reciprocity, relational language, and choosing to belong wherever you are is a breath of fresh mountain air in these tense times. In the face of looming empire Victoria honestly talks about what we’re facing and also imbibes us with the h...
2025-01-291h 02Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityEdgewalking: Finding New Vision in Wilderness (part 2) with Victoria Loorz | Ep. 120At the end of last year, Forrest spoke with Victoria Loorz about the ways in which a more ecologically-conscious faith offers hope for “edgewalkers”— a term used to describe Christ followers who have moved away from the center of conventional church, and moved toward the creative edges of the institution—those generative marginal spaces where new imaginings and alternative expressions of faith life are being explored. In this episode, the conversation continues with Victoria — cofounder of the Wild Church movement, and current director of the Center for Wild Spirituality. This episode focuses on a pragmatic question: W...
2025-01-0643 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityEdgewalking: Finding New Vision in Wilderness (part I) with Victoria Loorz | Ep. 119In recent past episodes you might recall hearing the term “edgewalkers”—and by that term, we mean those of us who have moved away from the center of conventional church and faith praxis, and moved toward the creative edges of the institutional church where new imaginings and alternate expressions of faith life are being explored. That includes, of course, new ways of thinking about and experiencing God in and through creation. In our interview with John Phillip Newell earlier this season, he described that mode as dwelling in the space between temple and the wilderness. In this episode, Forrest talks...
2024-12-0940 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityPt. 2 The Great Search: John Philip Newell: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Search for Healing and Home | Ep. 116In this episode James and Forrest continue with the second part of a conversation with John Philip Newell about his new book, The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Search for Healing and Home. In this book, John Philip argues for a re-imagining of how we relate to creation, to each other, to God and even to ourselves. He advocates for engaging creation as the primary means of knowing God, of seeing the sacred in all life forms, and of loving all creation as we love ourselves. And because the conversation was so full...
2024-10-2834 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityPt. 1 John Philip Newell: The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Search for Healing and Home | Ep. 115James and Forrest have a conversation with John Philip Newell about his new book, The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Search for Healing and Home. In this book, John Philip argues for a re-imagining of how we relate to creation, to each other, to God and even to ourselves. He advocates for engaging creation as the primary means of knowing God, of seeing the sacred in all life forms, and of loving all creation as we love ourselves. Because the conversation was so full of emerging truths and insights, the conversation is presented...
2024-10-1427 minRadical SacredPilgrimage with Karen Couch - It's Your CaminoPhil and Jenny are thrilled today to speak with Karen Couch about the pilgrimage of walking the Camino de Santiago! Karen is an outdoor enthusiast, Enneagram 6, and co-founder of Elevate Outdoor Adventures. Karen talks to us today about her passion for encouraging women in the outdoors and her experiences of being a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago. Karen’s love for nature is rooted in her upbringing and her excitement and love for the journey is infectious. Here’s the cool stuff we mentioned today (or meant to anyways):A Pilgrim's Prayer by: Thomas MertonBackpacking with the Sa...
2024-09-2548 min
The Local Church PodcastSermon: The Call of the Wild | Week 1: Rewilding God // Brent LevyDateJune 9, 2024SynopsisIn this episode, Pastor Brent explores the story of Moses and the burning bush to invite us into a more expansive, untamed, and transformative relationship with God. Through fresh insights from this familiar narrative, we'll discover how to encounter God in the wilderness places of our lives and in the wildness of the world around us.You'll learn:How to break free from narrow, restrictive views of God and embrace a more dynamic and mysterious divine presenceWhy doubts, questions, and wilderness experiences are a normal part of...
2024-06-0928 min
Es muss doch mehr als alles gebenNaturspiritualität in der Hiking ChurchIn der dritten Folge unserer #bildungsbande geht es unter freiem Himmel weiter: Evelyne hat ihre Masterarbeit im Wandergepäck, die sich um die Hiking Church dreht: Dort, wo die Vögel singen und Berganstiege steiler werden, teilen Menschen wandernd ihre Lebensgeschichten, Butterbrote und spirituelle Impulse. Evelyne nimmt uns mit auf die Spur, was passiert, wenn Menschen zwischen Baumwipfeln und Hagelsturm einen neuen Zugang zum Glauben entdecken. Wenn aus den Erfahrungen der Wander:innen Theologie wächst, auf Augenhöhe und frei von externen Deutungspersonen oder -dogmen. Liegt in der Natur eigenes theologisches Potential? Ein Thema, das uns dazu im Podc...
2024-04-2132 min
2024-04-101h 11
Church is ChangingChurch is Changing: Episode 43 - EdgewalkersIn this episode, Paul Nixon and Beth Estock explore the concept of Edgewalking. Edgewalking church leaders have one foot firmly within the church, typically with strong core convictions and Christology, even as they engage with people beyond the church, gaining wisdom of perspective that helps the church in its mission. Beth and Paul are convinced that this Edgewalking concept is core to effective spiritual leadership in the 2020s. To learn more about Edgewalkers, see the 2006 book Edgewalkers by Judi Neal, and the daily meditation by Richard Rohr's team, written by Victoria Loorz, entitled Edge Walking.
2024-01-1030 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastREWIND: Youth Activists 15 Years LaterFrom the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been at the forefront of activism. But the first major international climate conferences took place 30 years ago. The first cohort of youth activists are now adults, some with children of their own. The emotional cost of seeing so little payoff for years spent fighting can be agonizing at any age, but perhaps more so for young people who put so much of themselves into the effort. Many youth activists burned out along the way, frustrated by participating in actions that rarely led to meaningful and lasting change. Ho...
2024-01-051h 05
Climate OneREWIND: Youth Activists 15 Years LaterFrom the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been at the forefront of activism. But the first major international climate conferences took place 30 years ago. The first cohort of youth activists are now adults, some with children of their own. The emotional cost of seeing so little payoff for years spent fighting can be agonizing at any age, but perhaps more so for young people who put so much of themselves into the effort. Many youth activists burned out along the way, frustrated by participating in actions that rarely led to meaningful and lasting change. Ho...
2024-01-051h 05
You Are A Big Deal with Becca Jay50. Shawn Gruenhagen: the Deepest Deep Breath; Yes...AND; In the beginning was the CONVERSATIONShawn Gruenhagen (he/him) is a partner, a dad, an athlete, former futbol player, a friend, a mentor, and an aspiring farmer. He is a connector, a collaborator, an entrepreneur, an artist, a creative and a creator. He cares for Earth and is an active gardener. Shawn is a leader, a teacher, a learner and a BIG fan of baseball and Back to the Future. He grew up in Southern Minnesota and has been in Denver since 2000. Shawn has a BFA in Graphic Design and Photography from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, a BFA in Photography from...
2023-09-2558 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastCLIMATE ONE: Youth Activists 15 Years LaterFrom the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been at the forefront of activism. But the first major international climate conferences took place 30 years ago. The first cohort of youth activists are now adults, some with children of their own. The emotional cost of seeing so little payoff for years spent fighting can be agonizing at any age, but perhaps more so for young people who put so much of themselves into the effort. Many youth activists burned out along the way, frustrated by participating in actions that rarely led to meaningful and lasting change. How do fo...
2023-08-041h 05
Climate OneYouth Activists 15 Years LaterFrom the climate movement’s earliest days, young people have been at the forefront of activism. But the first major international climate conferences took place 30 years ago. The first cohort of youth activists are now adults, some with children of their own. The emotional cost of seeing so little payoff for years spent fighting can be agonizing at any age, but perhaps more so for young people who put so much of themselves into the effort. Many youth activists burned out along the way, frustrated by participating in actions that rarely led to meaningful and lasting change. How do fo...
2023-08-041h 05
Memo by Gaea LegalWhat We Can Learn By Observing the Deer - Church of the WildThis episodes offers a selection from Victoria Loorz's book, Church of the Wild. Some reflections on deer as a way of reflecting on Truths found in nature. Side notes on current cards I am using to brainstorm and organize life.
Memo will transition to weekly episodes during Virgo season. One episode for Libra, one episode for Scorpio, and one final episode for 2023 Sagittarius. These episodes will likely be longer (at least one hour).
I had always intended the podcast to "go silent" for Capricorn-Aquarius-Pisces. It seems that this period every year I just really need...
2023-07-3126 min
Plant WitchEarthCare as a Devotional Act with Kendra HoffmanThe practice of tending our relationship with the Earth, and the Earth itself, is an act of devotion. This week on the podcast, we talk to Kendra Hoffman of Ladybug Earthcare about the many ways we can devote ourselves to this work. Some links to resources we mention:Victoria Loorz and Church of the WildThe Horn Farm CenterCues To Care Guide by Ladybug EarthCareReach out to Eryn! Support the show
2023-07-281h 08
Bones and StardustSeason 2 | Episode 4 | Church of the Wild with Victoria LoorzVictoria Loorz is an eco-spiritual director and cofounder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild. She's the winner of the Living Now Book Award with her beautifully written book titled "Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred".In our conversation she shares her journey through church, activism, spirituality and contemplative encounters with the sacred in nature. After two decades of pastoring church indoors, she began to feel the nudge to meet others in the great expansive outdoors, launching the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA.Victoria...
2023-07-2451 min
Everything Speaks If You Listen with Jen CobbleWorksChiron and the Cosmic Christ Sit By a Campfire: Entering Our Wounds as We Venture the Unknown (and Bus Fare)Welcome to Everything Speaks if You Listen with Jen CobbleWorks where we befriend our humanity and the Sacred through story, soul questions, and every day life.
In this week's episode, we are revisiting themes of pilgrimage and transformational journeys into the unknown. I share some of my fears and anxieties about my upcoming trip to Iona, Scotland and have a good laugh at myself...while also acknowledging how incredibly scary it can be to say "yes" to Mystery. We think we're giving consent for a particular adventure and path only to realize a bit later that there...
2023-06-2952 min
Enlighten: Uplift & InspireConverse With Nature With the celebration of Earth Day a couple of days ago on April 22, I offer an idea that you can practice on any day throughout the year. This practice is a shift in mindset and will not only help you honor the earth, but more profoundly heal the earth. Inspired by Victoria Loorz's book "Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us Into the Sacred" try conversing with nature. Conversing with nature, is a reciprocal act, enriching our relationship with our beloved planet earth and allowing the earth to enrich us. Give it a try. Begin with...
2023-04-2411 min
Called to be Bad"Wild Church" with Katerina Gea--Called to be Bad Podcast S2 EP17Send us a text"I have heard some people ask, 'Are you worshipping trees...?'"After taking a break to build a new podcasting computer, we are BAD and BACK baby! In this episode of Called to be Bad, I talk with pastor and organizer of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, Katerina Gea, about what it is like to pastor and participate in a "wild church". Resources: Websites:wildchurchfresno.orgOur Wild Church Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WildChurchFresno/The...
2023-04-101h 02Mid-faith CrisisThe Protestant sleep ethicJust a very quick update. Joe is in Mexico and Nick is in a dangerously low house. We talk about recognising our need for sleep as part of our spiritual life. Warning: dubious quality sound but that's what you get when one of you is recording on his iPhone over dodgy internet.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Church of the Wild, Victoria Loorz
The Jesus Myth - A Psychologist's viewpoint, Chris Scott
A time to keep silence, Patrick Leigh-Fermor
The Stature of Waiting, W.H. Vanstone
2023-03-2520 min
Unter freiem Himmel: Das Lagerfeuer für Nomaden-Christ:innen (RefLab)Gott in der Natur begegnen?Nur eine Ausrede für Menschen, die keine Lust auf Kirchen haben?
In meinem Video/Podcast «Welcher spirituelle Typ bist du?» habe ich erwähnt, dass sich manche Menschen Gott in der Natur nahe fühlen und Gott dort erleben. Darauf, wie ich mir das vorstelle und selber erlebe, gehe ich in dieser Folge nochmals näher ein.
Spannend: Das hebräische Wort «Midbar» für «Wildnis» (häufig auch übersetzt mit «Wüste») ist auch die Bezeichnung für «Mund», beides ist abgeleitet vom Verb für «sprechen».
Ich spreche von «Natur» hier übrigens sehr pauschal. Die Trennun...
2023-02-2116 min
The ReMembering and ReEnchanting PodcastEpisode 26 - Edgewalking, churches, and the wild: A conversation with Rev. Victoria loorzAuthor and founding pastor of the first Church of the Wild Rev. Victoria Loorz join Sara Jolena Wolcott to talk about being an edgewalker, the possibility of Christianity, what it's like to be a parent of a climate activist, and her latest book: Church of the Wild.3:42 - Delving into some beautiful writing: the prologue to Victoria's book, the church of the wild9:33 - Experiencing a call11:13 - Victoria on the book, ‘Restoring a Kinship worldview’ by Darcia Narvaez and Wahinkpe Topa14:59- Being an edgewalker31:11- Learning the p...
2023-02-171h 12
Centre for Spiritual Renewal PodcastChoral Spirituality: The Pastor's PanelToday we are joined by Helen, Eden, and Philip, all of whom are seasoned pastors and priests. Our conversation explores their spiritual practices, their influences, and a deep discussion on praying in difficult times. Please check the session notes below for any references and corrections. Website for St. Dunstans - www.st-dunstans.caEmail - st.dunstans@telus.netTel. - 604.856.5393Barbara Brown Taylor. An Altar in the World. Publishers HarperOne (reprint edition, Feb. 2010).
2023-01-181h 19
The Wall Street Coach with Kim Ann CurtinVictoria Loorz on Connection, Healing, & Nature For TradersLacking connection + balance in your life and trading? This interview with author Victoria Loorz could point you in the right direction.
The post Ep 70: Victoria Loorz on Connection, Healing, & Nature For Traders appeared first on The Wall Street Coach.
2023-01-0245 min
Daily Advent DevotionalLoveLoveJohn 1:1-14In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1“In the beginning was the Conversation and the Conversation was with God.”When the Gospel of John was translated into Latin from its original Greek, translators of the first few centuries used the Latin word sermo for the Greek word logos in this passage. There’s a perfectly good Latin word that denotes a single linguistic utterance—it is verbum, word in English.Sermo, according to Victoria...
2022-12-2402 min
Planetary Regeneration Podcast055: Victoria Loorz | Church of the WildOn today's episode of the Planetary Regeneration podcast, Gregory speaks to Victoria Loorz, author of Church of the Wild. Victoria and Gregory discuss reimagining religious practices in light of our modern understanding of humanity, technology, and nature.
Victoria Loorz, MDiv, is a "wild church pastor," an "eco-spiritual director" and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality. After twenty years as a pastor of indoor churches, she launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA, and went on to co-found the ecumenical Wild Church Network.
You can find Victoria on Twitter @LoorzVictoria.
Find...
2022-12-2247 min
In Good FaithEp. 133 Nature and Spiritual ConnectionFour guests talk about our sacred responsibility to protect and appreciate the natural environment. J Phoenix Smith works as an ecotherapist and is called to the station of elder in the Lucumi tradition. In these roles, she promotes the health benefits of spending time outside, both individually and communally. Victoria Loorz talks about the true meaning of the wilderness coming from a background in Evangelical Christianity, while Rich Blundell discusses with wonder the growing convergence of science and religion. As a special feature, Austin takes to BYU campus to ask students about the ways they value nature -- their insights...
2022-11-2753 min
The Mystic CaveInward Journey, Outward Journey: Liz Rees on the Way of ContemplationClick here to send me a text message (include your contact info if you want a reply).Some forms of prayer seem to assume that we must capture the attention of a far-off God, like lassoing a star. Contemplation assumes God's already here, deep within, and not just within us, but within all created beings. Liz Rees, a contemplative teacher and guide, talks to me about how contemplative practice connects us deeply to the natural world.Resources:Berry, Thomas. "Dream of the Earth"; Sierra Club, 1988Keating, Thomas. "Open Mind, Open Heart"; Continuum International...
2022-11-1346 min
Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)“Putting Church With The Wild Reframes It…”A seminarian decides to recharge by centering nature in her sacred practices and rituals in Ojai, California. Within six years Victoria Loorz's exploration and experimentation sparked a new movement – The Church of the Wild.
2022-10-2700 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityNature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership with Nina Simons | Ep. 65In this episode, Forrest cohosts with Victoria Loorz, author of the book Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred. Together they’ll be in conversation with Nina Simons, cofounder of Bioneers—an organization that amplifies the voices of innovators who are coming up with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. We’ll be talking in great part about her book titled Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. Among other things, this book makes a case for more cooperation, collaboration, and even community between all
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Compass Podcast: Finding the spirituality in the day-to-day93: Experiencing God in nature with Victoria LoorzVictoria Loorz shares how we can cultivate moments of divine connection in nature and how these moments led her and a whole lot of people into a church-based movement to enjoy, appreciate and connect with the Divine through reflecting and experiencing the natural world. It’s the wild side of church on this episode of Compass.
Victoria Loorz is a “wild church pastor,” an “eco-spiritual director” and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality.
2022-09-2837 min
Gratitude Blooming PodcastSurvival of the kindestSend us a textExplore the Gratitude Blooming theme of Perspective through the agapanthus flower and a conversation with author and co-founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality Victoria Loorz. She reminds us, as does the art, that what is unnamed is forgotten. We are invited to listen to the wilderness, which can be translated as the voice that speaks. When we listen first, then we can be in a healthier conversation. And it is important to know that this doesn’t have to be all serious. In fact, the more we pla...
2022-09-1350 min
Moving Into LightEpisode 110- Where Is Your Healing Sanctuary?Lisa dives into forest bathing and connecting to Spirit through nature. How often are you mindfully present outside? Do you connect through nature? Have you tried it? She mentions the following books for your investigation into the idea of healing your mind and body while being outside in nature....Church of the Wild by Victoria LoorzForest Church A Field Guide to a Spiritual Connection with Nature but Bruce Stanley Forest Bathing How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing Liwww.lisa-renee.comwww.thesylvanwell.com
2022-08-1937 min
Grab Premium Audiobooks TodayVictoria Loorz - Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the SacredPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592803 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred
Author: Victoria Loorz
Narrator: Natasha Soudek
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Release date: July 19, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
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Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, humans lived in intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with...
2022-07-197h 34Access Premium Digital Audiobooks in High QualityVictoria Loorz presents Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the SacredPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592803 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred
Author: Victoria Loorz
Narrator: Natasha Soudek
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Release date: July 19, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, humans lived in intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an...
2022-07-197h 34Stream Premium Audiobook Titles with Easy AccessChurch of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred - Victoria LoorzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592803 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred
Author: Victoria Loorz
Narrator: Natasha Soudek
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Release date: July 19, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, humans lived in intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with...
2022-07-197h 34
Caravan of the HeartVictoria Loorz, Wonderful Wild Pastor, Eco-Spiritual Director, Founder of Wild Church NetworkIn this episode, it is our hearts delight to be in the presence of Wild Pastor, Author and Guide, Victoria Loorz. Her book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred, is an invitation to deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church.It was in 2015 that Victoria launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building / and expand the Beloved Community beyond our own species. She then co-founded the ecumenical W...
2022-07-061h 31Caravan of the HeartVictoria Loorz, Wonderful Wild Pastor, Eco-Spiritual Director, Founder of Wild Church NetworkIn this episode, it is our hearts delight to be in the presence of Wild Pastor, Author and Guide, Victoria Loorz. Her book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred, is an invitation to deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church.It was in 2015 that Victoria launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building / and expand the Beloved Community beyond our own species. She then co-founded the ecumenical W...
2022-07-061h 31
Spiritually Inspired: thought-provoking show that explores spirituality, consciousness, and energy healingSpiritually Inspired show with Victoria Loorz, author and 'Wild Church' pastor.Send a textVictoria Loorz is a "wild church pastor," an "eco-spiritual director" and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality. She feels most alive when collaborating with Mystery and kindred spirits to create opportunities for people to re-member themselves back into intimate, sacred relationship with the rest of the living world. Victoria is co-founder and director of Seminary of the Wild, which is focused on a deep-dive yearlong Eco-Ministry Certificate program for all those who feel called by Earth and Spirit to "restore the great conversation.Victoria is th...
2022-07-0653 min
Harkening DeerEPISODE 200!! CHURCH OF THE WILD!!!!!Send us a textToday I sit down with author Victoria Loorz (Church of the Wild!) & learn how she went from being a pastor, to environmental activist, & then found a way to combine the two!! Join us in celebrating Harkening Deer’s 200th episode with one of the most amazing guests we’ve ever had & learn how Victoria is learning (& teaching!) how to reconnect with God, ourselves, each other, & the rest of Creation!!Where to find Church of the Wild & Victoria:https://www.wildspirituality.earth/https://www.v...
2022-06-211h 12
Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityBrian McLaren on his new book Do I Stay Christian? | Ep. 55In this special encore of a recent webcast, we’ll be in conversation with Brian McLaren about his book called Do I Stay Christian: A guide for the doubters, the disappointed, and the disillusioned. I’ll be cohosting with Victoria Loorz of the Wild Church Network, and Kate Davis from the Center for Transforming Engagement at The Seattle School. Together we’ll pay particular attention to the Brian’s ideas about something Brian calls “re-wilding.” As he describes it in his book, re-wilding is all about re-aligning and re-orienting our hearts, minds, and bodies with the natural world. Re-wilding is about re...
2022-05-2355 min
Sacred Grit: Daily Nervous System Tools and Spiritual Resilience for Men Determined to Beat Addiction1: Church in the Outdoors with Victoria Loorz author of Wild ChurchJoin Chuck and Jason as they talk with Victoria Loorz about Wild Church and her new book. New Episodes every Sunday and Wednesday Morning More from Sacred Grit:Book a free consultation call with JasonJoin the Movement! Contact Jason - jason.lyle@thesacredgrit.comThe podcast explores the connection between men and dads seek...
2022-05-0253 min
A People's TheologyVictoria Loorz: Why You Should Pray to TreesThis episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted:unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheologyMason chats with Victoria Loorz about her new book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred. They chat about how we have to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world and how church can be done in nature.Guest Bio/Info:Victoria Loorz is a spiritual director and cofounder of the Wild Church Network. She is also the...
2022-04-281h 03Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityBetter Together: The Multifaith Network for Climate Justice | Ep. 53In this episode, we are in conversation with members of the Multifaith Network for Climate Justice in Bellingham, a small city in the north of Washington State. We hear from Deb Cruz from the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Steve Hansen—a Buddhist from the Insight Meditation Society, and Andrea Shupack from Congregation Beth Israel. Rooted in a sense of spiritual and moral responsibility to protect the Earth, the mission of the Multifaith Network for Climate Justice is to engage and connect different faith and wisdom traditions in responsive, collaborative community.Upcoming event: https://www.circlewood.online/wis...
2022-04-2544 min
The Liturgists PodcastChurch of the WildVictoria Loorz, MDiv, is a "wild church pastor," an "eco-spiritual director" and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality. She feels most alive when collaborating with Mystery and kindred spirits to create opportunities for people to re-member themselves back into intimate, sacred relationship with the rest of the living world.
After twenty years as a pastor of indoor churches, she launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building and expand the Beloved Community beyond our o...
2022-04-211h 18
Spiritual WanderlustThe Wilderness that Speaks with Victoria LoorzIt is Victoria Loorz’s mission to help people not just care for the earth, but to fall in love with it.What would it look like to move beyond appreciating nature, even past protecting her, to loving her? And realizing, perhaps, that we are already a part of her?Join us on the Spiritual Wanderlust podcast to learn about:🔸The forgotten heritage of the Judeo-Christian world and its deep relationship with nature🔹How to re-wild your spirituality, wherever you are🔸3 things we need to Unl...
2022-04-1557 min
"Jester" Section HikerCharissa Hipp - Setting Realistic ExpectationsJester is happy to have back on the podcast ATC Visitor Center Supervisor, Charissa Hipp. Charissa starts off the episode with some updates from the ATC, and some information about the Flip Flop Festival that is planned for April 23, 2022. In the heart of the episode, Jester and Charissa do their best to answer two frequently asked listener questions, "How do you plan for your section hikes?" and "What do you do in between section hikes?" As you will hear, those two questions are not easy to answer! Charissa Hipp is the...
2022-01-2932 min
HUMANING: in ConversationTeachers & Teachings of the Natural WorldThis week we explore our evolving relationships with the natural world, reflecting on the many ways that Nature has guided, invited and taught us along the way.We share stories of where, when, and how these relationships quickened and deepened, and how particular encounters kindled a recognition of the intelligence of the "other than human" beings with whom we share the planet. We contemplate interconnectedness and co-evolution, and marvel at the capacity for direct communication between humans and plants. We honor teachers, books, places, plants, and practices that have supported us to remember that we are never...
2022-01-261h 30
How to Heal Our DividesBook interview with Victoria Loorz for “Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred”Book interview with Victoria Loorz for “Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred”
2022-01-1442 min
Committing Faith in PublicCommitting Faith in Public with Victoria LoorzVictoria Loorz, MDiv, is one of the speakers at this year’s Remind & Renew Conference at Phillips and online, January 25-27. Rev. Loorz is a "wild church pastor," an "eco-spiritual director" and co-founder of several transformation-focused organizations focused on the integration of nature and spirituality.After 20 years as a pastor of indoor churches, she launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building and expand the Beloved Community beyond our own species. She then co-founded the ecumenical Wild Church Network and Se...
2022-01-1138 min
Earth and Spirit PodcastTalking to the Rivers, Listening to the Wind and Stars: Victoria Loorz on Church of the Wild and Restoring the Great Conversation with NatureVictoria Loorz is the co-founder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild, and she’s the author of a new book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred. In this conversation, we explore what it means to reclaim our place in nature as an essential part of spiritual belonging and how to restore the great, necessary conversation between us, the divine, and the more-than-human world. Resources: Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred: www.victorialoorz.com/book ...
2021-11-161h 03
The Reverend Hunter PodcastVictoria Loorz: ”The church of the wild”Victoria Loorz is the author of "Church of the Wild." After leaving the traditional (aka, "indoor") church, she started a church of the wild and went on to co-found Seminary of the Wild and the Wild Church Network. Victoria and Tony talk about being classmates at seminary, how to be a Christian and love the planet, re-wilding our spirituality, just letting the Earth be glad, the goodness of discomfort, conversation with non-human others, learning to listen, how children get it, and following a wild Christ.
Learn more about Victoria and find her book at https://w...
2021-11-011h 06Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityCreation Care & Community: Erika Alvarez and Johann Ruíz Michelsen of Casa Adobe | Ep. 40In this episode we talk with Erika Alvarez and Johann Ruiz of Casa Adobe. Casa Adobe is an intentional community of people in Costa Rica working together to care for creation, build true relationships, and nurture their faith lives. At the heart of their values is their belief that environmental justice and social justice cannot be separated. Ecological Disciple blogBook giveaway: Want to be in a drawing to receive a copy of Victoria Loorz’ book Church of the Wild? Leave a voice message telling us why YOU listen to the Earthkeepers podcast. Fin...
2021-10-1138 min
Food and Faith PodcastA Church in the Wilderness: A Conversation with Victoria LoorzAnna and Derrick are joined by wild church pastor and eco-spiritual director Victoria Loorz to discuss her new book "Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us Into the Sacred".
Find Victoria's work at www.victorialoorz.com
2021-10-0456 minEarthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityWild Spirituality: A Conversation with Author Victoria Loorz | Ep. 39In this episode Forrest talks with Victoria Loorz, cofounder of the Wild Church Network, a broad association of religious communities that practice faith life in ways that foster connectedness to all of creation. Victoria also helped start the Seminary of the Wild, an experiential education and formation program for spiritual leaders seeking to pioneer new earth-centered faith practices. In this conversation we talk with her about her forthcoming book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred.Book giveaway: Want to be in a drawing to receive a copy of Victoria Loorz’ bo...
2021-09-2742 min
sara by the seasonwhere to go from hereI’m trying something new for those of you who prefer to listen instead of read - an audio version of the main body of the newsletter (you’ll still have to check out the actual newsletter for the links). You can listen directly above or choose to open in your favorite podcast app. Let me know what you think!Since the year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder on May 25th, there have been a thousand think pieces about the meaning and impact of Floyd’s murder over the last few weeks, as there should be. On the d...
2021-06-0904 min
Post-doom: Regenerative conversations exploring overshoot grief, grounding, and gratitudeSeminary Of The Wild Guides - Post-doom with Michael DowdPost-doom regenerative conversation exploring overshoot grief, grounding, and gratitude, with "Seminary of the Wild" guides, Victoria Loorz, Matt Syrdal, Bryan Smith, and Brian Stafford. Host: Michael Dowd; edited by Ivey Cone.
2021-05-101h 06