Saturday, May 16 – “Finding a Shared, Entangled Spirituality with Nature” with Rev. Bill Campbell
- 1 – 4 pm Eastern
- 12 noon – 3 pm Central
- 11 am – 2 pm Mountain
- 10 am – 1 pm Pacific
For centuries the narrative of Christian Spirituality has centered on humans being unique and elevated above all creatures. Due to this exalted status our spiritual focus is on transcendence, control, power, superiority exceeding nature. Often our spiritual longings are very individualistic: preoccupied with the ethereal. to have sway, ascendency, prerogative, gain divine power to overcome and privilege our lives.
Our autonomy has caused us to become relational refugees from embodied sacred world. We have been divided from nurturing healthy relationships with animals, trees, each other and our home upon the land.
We will explore expanding spirituality which is embodied, grounded, communal and shared with all of God’s creation. An overview of Biblical insights, a Wesleyan approach of prevenient grace, Celtic spirituality, insights of science, ecology and trees as spiritual companions. Looking at the wild side of creation to cease to consider the world as a commodity and reclaim the earth as a sacred gift.