The Holy Wild with Victoria Loorz

In this conversation, Victoria Loorz speaks with the Dr. Lisa Dahill, Director of the Center for Transformative Spirituality at Hartford International University.  Lisa is a eco-theologian and internationally recognized Bonhoeffer scholar, whose work explores what becomes possible when the walls between God and world begin to dissolve. After years teaching worship and liturgy within seminary walls, an encounter with fresh bear tracks in the snow transformed not only Lisa's relationship with the living world, but her understanding of Christianity itself.

Together, they explore Bonhoeffer's provocative claim that God and world are not two realities but one. Lisa, author of the forthcoming Jesus in the Earth: Rewilding Christian Spirituality, offers a radical vision of faith, not as escape from the world, but as a way of inhabiting reality more fully.

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Timestamps:
  • 00:00 – Introduction
  • 04:10 – Interview Begins 
  • 06:21 – The Land Who Raised Lisa 
  • 08:23 – The Bear 
  • 09:23 – "Suddenly I Am the Bear" 
  • 11:27 – Jesus Dissolving 
  • 13:47 – Horizontal Transcendence 
  • 16:57 – Bonhoeffer 
  • 18:13 – There's Only One Reality 
  • 23:42 – It's Time for Christianity to Evolve 
  • 29:06 – Creating Wild Sanctuary 
  • 32:38 – Courage to Be Honest 
  • 35:36 – A Change in Leadership 
  • 37:51 – Predation 
  • 41:24 – Resurrection 
  • 47:07 – Programs at HIU 
  • 49:36 – Wild Invitation 
  • 51:36 – Credits 

What is The Holy Wild with Victoria Loorz?

Join author and founder of the Center for Wild Spirituality, Victoria Loorz, as she explores the possibilities of restoring beloved community and sacred conversation with All That Is: human and more-than-human.