What is Christian Spiritual Ecology?
Many people hear the term Christian spiritual ecology, and think, ‘what is that?’ In general, spiritual ecology is an emerging field that recognizes that the environmental and ecological issues that…
Author: Vas
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One Crying in the Wilderness: Christian Spiritual Ecology
A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. – Isaiah 40. 3 Christian Spiritual Ecology –…
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Wilderness Church NJ
Andy Goldsworthy wrote: “We often forget that we are nature. Nature isn’t something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve really…
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Entering the Holy Wild of God
GK Chesterton wrote: “And the more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of of that order was…
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We are not Separate: Communion of Man, Earth, and God
Humans are made in the image of God and therefore able to attain communion with God. However, since humans also made of the earth, communion with the earth is also…
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The Creator’s Song: Conducting the Cosmic Symphony
Mankind has been created in the image of God in order to conduct a cosmic symphony of praise to the Creator. Conducting this cosmic symphony requires that each person attain…
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Foraging Prayers and Thanksgiving
The Tradition of Foraging Prayers: Nearly every sacred tradition has a ritual of offering or prayer for the plant being harvested, especially if that plant is to be used for…
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Christianity, Dominion, and Creation Care
Man has special kinship with the animals; he is made from the same substance. Yet man also has the spirit of God in him and therefore has a place of…
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Be Like the Birds: The Contemplation of Creation
If we contemplate the creation, we will learn much about our relationship to God, to creation, and to our own being. We all too often live lives of disconnection, which…
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A Blessed Feast: Our Role as Priest of Creation
In the contemporary era, we tend to slide between two extremes when it comes to our view of nature; we either view nature as pure resource to be used or…