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Reconnecting people with nature through writing and spirituality

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24. A duty of care

May 28, 2021

Transcript “A duty of care.” I ran across the phrase this week in a book I was reading, To Speak for the Trees, by the botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger. In the book Diana talks about growing up in Britain and Ireland—how she was orphaned at the age of twelve and then how her mother’s people, who…  Read More…

Tagged With: Aboriginal, aloha 'āina, care, caring, Celtic, Claire Hiwahiwa Steele, custodial ethic, duty of care, equality, ethic of care, Great Law of Peace, Haudenosaunee, Hawaiian, Indigenous, Indigenous values, Iroquois, kuleana, land, love, mālama 'āina, Mary Graham, Oren Lyons, Peasants' War, relationships with nature, responsibility, responsiveness, social justice

 

22. An inheritance problem

March 5, 2021

Transcript A long time ago there lived a very wealthy man who owned vast estates. The story says that he was a ruler, or government official, and this is how we know he was a landowner, because in his time and place, to have a seat in government you had to own land, and lots…  Read More…

Tagged With: afterlife, class system, equality, feudal system, inequality, inequality and health, inheritance, kingdom of God, law of property, potlatch, property law in history, property rights, Rich Young Ruler, Roman Empire, sharing, Vine Deloria Jr.

 

19. Filling the hungry with good things: A Christmas meditation

December 24, 2020

Transcript I can still say the words from memory—Luke 2:1–20, King James Version, the verses I recited for the Christmas program at church when I was in grade school. It’s the story of the baby in the manger and the shepherds and the angels. Recently I took another look at the Christmas story in Luke,…  Read More…

Tagged With: animals, attitudes toward animals, Book of Luke, Christmas, Christmas story, equality, inequality, law of property, Magnificat of Mary, O Magnum Mysterium, property law, rich and poor, Roman Empire, social justice, social revolution

 

5. On masks and fear and a truer story of nature

July 3, 2020

Transcript What a time we’re living through! A time we couldn’t imagine just a few months ago, when we used to hug each other! And leave the house without wearing a mask! Here in Hawai’i everyone took the virus very seriously from the start. People sheltered in place. Medical people set up testing sites and…  Read More…

Tagged With: climate change, climate denial, courage, death, denial, dying, equality, fear of nature, grief, illness, insulated from nature, loss, masks, opening the heart, pandemic, race, reconciling with nature, refusing to wear masks, science denial, story of nature, virus, vulnerability, white privilege, white supremacy

 

1. Earth is our witness

June 5, 2020

A new beginning! I’m converting this blog into a podcast. Listen and share here on my blog site, or subscribe through your favorite platform. Available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and more. Transcripts will always appear here as blog posts. Transcript Hello, friends, and welcome to the first episode of Nature-Spirit. So, I’ve been dreaming…  Read More…

Tagged With: bell hooks, domination, Earth justice, equality, racism, white privilege, whiteness

 

It’s all mercy

October 14, 2017

What happens when we see ourselves as separate from or a part of nature? The Center for Humans and Nature in Chicago is asking this question. Invited to respond, I found myself remembering a little Mouse and how her life experience challenges all my favorite assumptions about merit and success and who deserves what. We say…  Read More…

Tagged With: connecting with nature, deserving, effort, equality, gift, investment, mercy, merit, reward, sharing, success, survival

 

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