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Deepening Oneness with the Divine and Earth

OUR MISSION

The Center for Spirituality in Nature provides opportunities for deepening spirituality through nature, and for nurturing loving relationships with the Earth.

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Our Programs

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We offer outdoor programs, walks and gatherings designed to give participants the space and the tools to explore mindful attentiveness to the Divine in nature.

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Bring the Center
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Trained in theology, spirituality and ecology, Executive Director, Beth Norcross is available for keynote talks, workshops or retreats.

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Spiritual
Practice

We offer books, articles, helpful hints and specific practices to help you, and your community, integrate spirituality in nature into busy lifestyles.

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Spirituality in Nature Groups

Forming a Spirituality in Nature Group (SING) is a great way to explore spirituality in nature and learn about your local sacred ground with others. 

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Upcoming Events

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The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees: Self-Guided

Online, Self-paced

A provocative 6-part program examining the ancient wisdom trees offer us for living into our deep spiritual and ecological connections with each other and Earth. 

Now Open

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Spring: A Time of Hope & Healing

Self-Guided

Sign-Up Now Open

This PDF will offer a step-by-step guide to embarking on a spiritual 2 - 3hr nature walk in spring, wherever you might live. Guide will be sent to registrants by 3/31.

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Walking Through Uncertainty Together: Book Study & Workshop

Online

Join us for this workshop series focused on building individual & communal resilience through activities and study of Larry Rasmussen’s poignant and timely new book, The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren When Uncertainty's a Sure Thing

 

Dr. Rasmussen will make a special visit in our final session.

Sundays, Jul. 23 - Aug. 6

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Join our mailing list to receive regular inspiration for spiritual deepening in nature and updates on how to get involved.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Nature Corner

Latest from the Blog

Monday

Note from Nature

All these great barns out here in the outskirts,

black creosote boards knee-deep in the bluegrass.

They look so beautifully abandoned, even in use.

You say they look like arks after the sea’s

dried up, I say they look like pirate ships,

and I think of that walk in the valley where

J said, You don’t believe in God? And I said,

No. I believe in this connection we all have

to nature, to each other, to the universe.

And she said, Yeah, God. And how we stood there,

low beasts among the white oaks, Spanish moss,

and spider webs, obsidian shards stuck in our pockets,

woodpecker flurry, and I refused to call it so.

So instead, we looked up at the unruly sky,

its clouds in simple animal shapes we could name

though we knew they were really just clouds—

disorderly, and marvelous, and ours.

–What It Looks Like To Us and the Words We Use

by Ada Limon

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Monday Notes from Nature

Spiritual Practice Videos

Testimonials

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I must say that the Monday morning meditations program was a Godsend during these endless days of the pandemic. Insightful photography combined with inspiring words. No better way to begin the work week than by awakening the senses and stirring the soul.
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REV. DENNIS TESTERMAN

(Regarding a 2021 Lenten Meditation Program)

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