Resources For Exploring the Sacred in Nature
Books for the Journey
Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with Natural World by Karen Armstrong
The Book of Nature: The Astonishing Beauty of God's First Sacred Text by Barbara Mahan
Finding the Mother Tree: Discoveirng Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God's Creation by Sam Hamilton Poore
Blue Mountain: A Spiritual Anthology Celebrating the Earth by F. Lynne Bachleda
Devotions by Mary Oliver
Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic WIsdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World by John Phillip Newell
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Podcasts on Nature and Us
Podcast: Outside/In A podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio pushing the boundaries of environmental journalism by exploring the intersection of pop culture, science, politics and nature.
Podcast: On Being hosted by Krista Tippett. Wisdom to replenish and orient in a tender, tumultuous time to be alive. Spiritual inquiry, science, art, social healing and poetry. Here’s an interview with Mary Oliver a prolific poet/mystic. Her work was inspired by the Cape Cod coastline, meadows, forest, ponds and by our more-than-human neighbors who call this peninsula of land ‘home’ Enjoy!
Podcast: for the wild hosted by Ayana Young is a slow media organization dedicated to land-based protection, co-liberation, and intersectional storytelling. Rooted in a paradigm shift away from human supremacy, endless growth, and consumerism. For the Wild highlights impactful stories and deeply-felt meaning making as balms for these times.