What if your deepest spiritual longing could be met by the trees, rivers, and creatures around you? 

In this session, Victoria Loorz—wild church pastor, eco-spiritual director, and co-founder of the Wild Church Network—invites us to rediscover an ancient truth: we belong to a sacred, living community that extends far beyond humanity. 

Explore why our disconnection from the natural world is at the root of both ecological and spiritual crises, and how reweaving that relationship can heal us—and the earth. Together, we’ll delve into practices of wild spirituality that move beyond “using” nature for serenity, into mutual relationship and reverence. Learn how to embrace the mystery, vulnerability, and even the darkness of life as part of the sacred whole. 

If you long for a spirituality that feels alive, rooted, and resilient in the face of chaos, this session is for you.

Speaker bio:

Victoria Loorz, Mdiv, is a Wild Church Pastor, an Eco-Spiritual Director, founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality (formerly known as Seminary of the Wild) and co-founder of the ecumenical Wild Church Network. Her award-winning book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred., is an invitation to deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. she is the host of The Holy Wild podcast where she engages in conversation with people who are in sacred conversation with the Victoria recently moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington where otters and cedar trees and the Salish Sea are inviting her into kindred relationship. Her young adult children, Alec and Olivia, are wise, creative, tender souls, dedicated to creating a more inclusive, compassionate, and just world.