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Author 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 wild
9:33 - Experiencing a call
11:13 - Victoria on the book, ‘Restoring a Kinship worldview’ by Darcia Narvaez and Wahinkpe Topa
14:59- Being an edgewalker
31:11- Learning the process of transformation
37:05 - Bringing people into the wild
44:03 - Delving into the word “Logos” : the conversation
47:07 - What does it mean for the conversation / Sermio to be at all times?
50:48 - What is possible within Christianity…. and life?
52:24 - Raising children in the age of climate change?
Grab a copy of the book Church for the Wild.
Visit Victoria’s website to learn more about her work.
Music Title: Both of Us
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Victoria Loorz, MDiv
Victoria 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 own species. She then co-founded the ecumenical Wild Church Network.
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." (Thomas Berry)
She now calls Bellingham, Washington her home, a beautiful land along the Salish Sea on territory tended and loved for generations by the Coast Salish peoples, in particular the Nooksack and Lummi nations.
Victoria's young adult children -- Alec and Olivia -- are wise, creative, tender souls, dedicated to creating a more inclusive, compassionate, and just world.
Source: Victorialoorz.com