Church of the Wild, Victoria Loorz
Church of the Wild, Victoria Loorz
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Church of the Wild
How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred

Author: Victoria Loorz

Narrator: Natasha Soudek

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/19/2022

Synopsis

Once upon a time, humans lived in intimate relationship with nature.

Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the wanderings of spiritual leaders and the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild.

With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it—and calling it church. Through mystical encounters with wild deer, whispers from a scrubby oak tree, wordless conversation with a cougar, and more, Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together—a love that calls us into communion with all creatures.

About Victoria Loorz

Victoria Loorz is a spiritual director and cofounder of the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild. She is founding pastor of the Church of the Wild in Ojai, California, and Bellingham, Washington. Loorz earned her MDiv from Fuller Seminary and has a background in strategic visioning, product development, and marketing with large organizations like the Walt Disney, WellPoint Insurance, and World Vision. She has become a leading voice for including the natural world as a companion on the spiritual journey. Loorz's work and ministry have been covered by Spirituality & Health, Religion News Service, and other outlets, and she began the research for Church of the Wild with a grant from Louisville Institute's Pastoral Study program. Loorz lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on January 11, 2022

I decided to start 2022 with a fresh new perspective on church, theology, and nature. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started, but each day I found myself engrossed in each chapter of this book. I was refreshed by the invitation to nature, to seeing church from a more holistic or raw perspective......more

Goodreads review by Aram on September 20, 2021

I’ve spent the past couple of decades exploring the confluence of wilderness and spirituality — guiding retreats, taking long walks by rivers, consorting with cottonwoods, sleeping through dark nights under pines, and scouring the earth for good writing that incarnates these elemental encounters. Chu......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 23, 2023

This is the February 2023 selection of South Austin Spiritual Book Group. Some of my favorite quotes and thoughts on each-- "We need to develop a language of connectedness." I find this to be such a profound statement politically right now. If English valued language that conveyed and encouraged connne......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on November 13, 2021

Starting with a little history as to how she got where she is it is a comforting walk and even though she is a pastor, it is as far from preachy as it can be. Often making fun of her self and talking to us as if we’re sitting with her having coffee, we are taken on her own revelation as to what has......more

Goodreads review by Richard on July 02, 2022

A good book, excellent in parts. Didn't engage with everything in it, and it maybe wasn't quite was I was expecting, but still I'm glad books like this one exist in the world.......more

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