Our society often separates, even alienates,
people from the natural world. Children and adults
spend less and less time outdoors than in the past. Most
U.S. citizens can list the names of over 1,000 corporations
or brands but fewer than ten plants or animals native
to their own region. The result? People’s
relationship with creation is distanced, their bond
with the Divine in and through nature is stunted, and
society suffers the effects of a population whose relationship
with the earth is weak.
GreenFaith believes that everyone – no
matter where they live or what their background or
tradition - has had experiences of the sacred in and
through the natural world. Further, GreenFaith believes
that our souls grow stronger in relationship with nature. GreenFaith's "Spirit" programs
are designed to strengthen the bonds all of us feel
with creation and its Creator.
In this section of our
website, you'll find out how GreenFaith helps people
of diverse faiths and people of all ages strengthen
their relationship with the sacred in nature – through
prayer and music, in worship services and on retreats,
through religious education, as well as guest preaching
and speaking.
“The natural world demands
a response that rises from the wild unconscious depths
of the human soul.”
- Thomas Berry, Ecologist and Catholic Priest
“The
Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside
the still waters. He restoreth my soul.”
- Psalm 23:1-3
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