The Holy Wild with Victoria Loorz

Refugia Faith, Creating Sanctuary & Finding Home with Debra Rienstra

In this conversation, Debra Rienstra, PhD, author of Refugia Faith and professor of English at Calvin University, joins Victoria Loorz to explore refugia, a biological te

Earth, Soul & Learning Reciprocity from Trees with Leah Rampy

In this conversation, author of Earth and Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos, speaker, retreat leader and longtime spiritual formation guide Leah Rampy joins Victoria

Grief, Kinship, and the Animals Who Guide Us with Professional Animal Communicators

In this conversation, Certified Soul Level Animal Communicators and grief-intuitive coaches from The Animal Communication Collective (ACC)—Julie Hirt, Karen Dendy Smith,

Indigenous Wisdom For the Edges of Western Spirituality with Randy Woodley

In this conversation with Victoria Loorz, Randy Woodley shares stories from his Cherokee lineage, his mother’s deep communion with plants and animals, and his decades of

Love, Truth and the Living World with Andreas Weber

Biologist, biosemiotician, philosopher, and author of Matter and Desire: An Erotic Ecology, Andreas Weber, PhD, joins Victoria Loorz for a heartfelt conversation about re

Healing Displacement & the Scottish Art of Holding Opposites with Alastair McIntosh

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Scottish author and activist Alastair McIntosh explores the spiritual, historical, and ecological roots of our collective crisis of belo

Awakening a Forest Sense: Grief, Mystery, and the Reformation of Faith with Michael Ellick

In this conversation, Victoria Loorz and pastor-activist Michael Ellick explore the lifelong dance between wilderness, spirit, and faith. Michael shares stories of his my

When Churches Reimagine Land as Sacred Community with Forrest Inslee

In this conversation, Victoria Loorz and Dr. Forrest Inslee explore how Christian faith is expanding beyond human-centered concerns into a vision of beloved community tha

Wholeness as the Holy Work of Process Theology with Dr. Sheri Kling

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz and Dr. Sheri Kling explore how personal trauma, dreamwork, and encounters with the natural world can become gateways int

When the Earth Speaks: Synchronicity, Story, and the Sacred with Dr. Craig Chalquist

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with Dr. Craig Chalquist as they explore how to live through collapse with open hearts, grounding in love and rela

Remembering The World As Lover and As Self with Joanna Macy (In Memoriam)

In memory of Joanna Macy, we offer this recording from a Seminary of the Wild gathering where she spoke with radiant clarity about living through collapse with courage an

What We are Learning from the Holy Wild about Spiritual Companionship with Deb Metzger and Elizabeth Rechter

What does it mean to listen with the Holy Wild? In this episode, Victoria Loorz is joined by Elizabeth Rechter and Deb Metzger—two seasoned spiritual companions and guide

Celtic Wisdom for Reconnecting with Place with Seán Ó Gaoithín

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with Sean Ó Gaoithín, the lead gardener at Glenveagh National Park, Irish forest-tender and a third-level Hedge Dr

What Is Church of the Wild? with Valerie Luna Serrels

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with her sister and co-author, Valerie Luna Serrels, about the transformative movement of Wild Church. Together th

Re-Enchanting the World Through Relationship with Brother Coyote (Gary Paul Nabhan)

In this profound conversation, Victoria Loorz is joined by ethnobotanist, Franciscan brother, and spiritual ecologist Gary Paul Nabhan—also known as Brother Coyote—explor

Life After Doom with Brian McLaren

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz speaks with author and public theologian Brian McLaren about how to live with love, courage, and imagination in the midst

Kincentric Leadership: The Unlearning And Emergence Of A New Kind Of Spiritual Leader with Justine Afra Huxley

In this moving conversation, Victoria Loorz and Justine Afra Huxley explore kincentric leadership as both an unlearning and an emergence — a return to sacred relationship

Indigenous Worldview Can Preserve Our Existence with Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs)

In this moving episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz is joined by Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs)—Cherokee author, scholar, and Lakota pipe carrier—for a profound conve

Mapping The Holy Wild

On our first episode of the Holy Wild, Victoria speaks with producer Stephen about the vision for the podcast. Victoria shares her answers to the questions we intend to a

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