The Earth is a Living Story and the Seasons are Her Songs

Given at St Ethelburga’s Center for Reconciliation and Peace in the spring of 2026, this talk provides a grounded framework for moving beyond a conceptual spiritual ecology, toward living an embodied relationship with the sacred Earth. A remembrance that the Earth is animate and alive requires engagement and participation, and the myriad ways Earth expresses Herself through the seasons’ cycles are doorways through which we can step into this space of attention. When the inner and outer senses are truly receptive in every moment, even amid the unraveling of our world, our response can become one of humility and unabashed love.