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The Wright Ecotheologian
Associate Professor of Religion
Former Department Chair of Religious Studies
Founding Executive Director, Collaborative for the Common Good
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Tedx Talk @ Wingate University (Wednesday Sept 13)
Come and Listen to My Talk -- "The Extraordinary Power of your Ordinary Fork" (Session Two - Last Speaker) Folks can access the live...

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Sep 11, 20231 min read
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From Dirt to Dessert
Come join me for a conversation about food, God, the Gardner, eating practices, the ministry of Jesus, Incarnate, food systems, and...

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Apr 23, 20231 min read
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The Promise of Holy Saturday
The Green Growing in the Darkness of the Tomb Spring is in the air in North Carolina. There are new shoots bursting through the dark,...

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Apr 16, 20226 min read
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Integral Ecology as the Beating Heart of Catholic Discipleship
Thursday October 14th at 7pm (My Virtual Talk as Part of a Faith and Life Series) I am thrilled that the Catholic Information Center of...

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Oct 12, 20212 min read
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Discovering God this Season of Creation
Do not be afraid to go out to encounter the marginalized. You will find that you are going out to meet Jesus. He awaits you wherever...

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Sep 19, 20214 min read
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Home -- A Mystical Space Where Strangers Become Neighbors
I was moved by the readings this past Sunday (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) in light of the theme about home (Oikos of God) of the 2021...

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Sep 7, 202110 min read
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Ecological Conscience as Joie de Vivre
Joie de vivre is a joy of everything, a philosophy of spirit, an abundant enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit. What if we connect...

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Sep 3, 20217 min read
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Tis' the Season ... of Creation
The return of pumpkin spice to our lives also signals the start of another season: the Season of Creation. September 1st is the start of...

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Aug 31, 20217 min read
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Creation Care as Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Today is Holy Saturday -- a day to reflect on the events of Good Friday. It was a tough day for Jesus' first followers since they did not...

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Apr 3, 202110 min read
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Christian Spirituality and Creation Care
We have all erupted from the same primordial furnace willed by Love -- this is our common origin We are all stardust and inhabit this...

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Jan 8, 20216 min read
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Moment 7: Hearts on Fire
Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us? Luke 24:32 I...

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Jan 7, 20215 min read
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Moment #6 - Breath of God that Lifts our Spirits & Changes the World
God's breath or wind -- Ruah -- animates every speck of stardust in the cosmos, including the wildly unpredictable, fragile and beautiful...

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Jan 6, 20216 min read
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Moment #5: Earthy Incarnation
O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a radiant dew, and the earth will give birth to those long dead. Isaiah...

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Jan 5, 20216 min read
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Moment #4: Awakening to our Aqueous Neighbors is Awakening to God as Love and Justice
In our exploration of the Epiphany and preparation for our time together January 9th, the next four blogs will focus on four different...

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Jan 4, 202110 min read
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Moment #3: Spirituality and Creation Care
Mutual Belonging and Shared Destiny Today's moment I thought I would start with the readings from USCCB for Jan 3rd, the Epiphany. Here...

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Jan 3, 20218 min read
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Moment #2 - Spirituality and Creation Care
Openness to the Universe Reveals a Deep Truth: We are Inspirited Stardust Epiphany A flash of understanding. A light bulb going off in...

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Jan 2, 20216 min read
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Spirituality and Creation Care Moment #1
A Series of Moment of Physical, Spiritual and Social Refreshment leading up to our Retreat day January 9th, 2021 LINK TO REGISTER --...

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Jan 1, 20215 min read
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November 11th Book Club: Day 4 and we are all fired up!
What are we doing to power our ecological crisis? And what on Earth can we do to change this? The Greeks thought fire was one of the four...

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Nov 9, 20205 min read
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November 4th Book Club - Day 3 Air ... Waiting to Exhale...
Would it surprise you to know that approximately 3.5 billion years ago, there was no oxygen gas in the atmosphere and no life as we know...

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Nov 1, 20205 min read
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October 28th Book Club - Day 2 Encountering Earth
In preparation for our time together this Wednesday evening, I am offering a few gems from previous blogs to allow us to do some "holy"...

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Oct 22, 20207 min read
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