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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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Book Club Beginning - Seven Days Away (Oct 21 Book Club Group)
After giving a talk about Environmental Racism, people were eager to talk and learn more about Laudato Si' and the theology of Pope...

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Oct 14, 20203 min read
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WAITING TO EXHALE
What Is Happening in the Skies above Us? Do You Know? On our planet, air is our constant companion. It animates our bodies and allows us...

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Sep 10, 20203 min read
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Wondrous Water Women: Blue Communities of the Sisters of St. Joseph
This picture is from the home page of their website that you must check out! LINK The season of creation is about renewal and hope and...

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Sep 4, 20202 min read
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Absorbing the Truth of Water Poverty in the Season of Creation
I must admit with the world in turmoil socially, physically, and spiritually my blog posting practice suffered. I had hoped to have...

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Sep 3, 20206 min read
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From Sea to Shining Sea ... How Water Literate Are You?
At the dawn of the twentieth century, French composer Claude Debussy gave voice to our fascination with the many moods of the sea in his...

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Jul 16, 20206 min read
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Trails to the Mountain behind the mountain
Today I want to share my experience of hiking on the many mountains scattering the landscape of Boone, NC. My mind wandered to the ground...

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Jul 13, 20208 min read
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Dishing the Dirt ... What is happening to our planetary friends? To Us?
Earth is incredibly fertile, resilient, and beautiful and reveals something about God, Creator. The exuberance of Earth’s urge to create...

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Jul 4, 20207 min read
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Hello Darkness my old friend ....
The last few days I have struggled to write. I have struggled to be. And this is also a part of the story of alienation that I promised...

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Jun 28, 20205 min read
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Dishing the Dirt... We are Soulful Soil
In your adventures awakening to the ground beneath our feet, did you reflect on the idea that we are animated dust of Earth -- soulful...

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Jun 21, 20206 min read
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Holy Noticing
Do you notice the place or landscape where you dwell - including its sacredness? Do you intentionally touch with your body the physical...

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Jun 18, 20207 min read
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The Man Who Penned the Green Encyclical - Laudato Si'
First, I want to thank all the amazing teachers that I had. Period. Why? They taught me that before you delve deeply into the wisdom of...

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Jun 12, 20205 min read
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Awakening of Green to Black
As an ecotheologian and person living in a broken and beautiful world, I have had the privilege of studying our universe from its quantum...

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Jun 7, 20204 min read
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