Wild Spirituality: Restoring Sacred Relationship with Earth

In this weekend eco-spiritual retreat, we gather to remember our heritage as humans in loving relationship with the wider beloved community of life.

Earth groans for our full re-engagement as participants in what Thich Nhat Hanh called the web of interbeing. As the systems of our culture and planet unravel, this moment calls us to remember that we belong to an interconnected web of life – an intimate love story with an animate and living world.

Centuries of dominating culture and religion have often separated spirituality from the rest of creation. Yet our souls remember that hawks, soil, thunder and maple trees are kin. Many of us feel a longing to restore that sacred relationship.

The call of the wild – the recurring return to the wilderness in Judeo-Christian stories – often appears at times of profound change. Returning to wilderness is not simply a dark night of the soul. It is a call to return to relationship: with Earth, with soul and with the sacred presence moving through all things. An invitation to rewild your spirituality and remember that you belong – to Earth, to one another and to the holy story unfolding through us.

Schedule

Friday evening (6:30-8:00 pm) Victoria Loorz, will offer an introduction to the theology and practice of wild spirituality.

Saturday will be devoted to experiential eco-spiritual invitations: wandering the restored prairie, oak savanna and woodlands of Holy Wisdom Monastery, listening deeply to the land and returning to shared circle for sacred conversation.

Sunday morning (9:00-11:00 am) will be for a Wild Church Experience.