Ever since I was introduced to Thomas Berry’s work in 2000, his thinking has informed and enriched my own beyond measure. For this essay, I chose one of my favorite of his ideas: that we expand our vision beyond our treasured texts to include Earth herself as our primary source of revelation. “We need to […]
What is an eco-choice? A choice embracing the living-world—that is seen and unseen, heard and unheard, known and unknown, loved and unloved. Albert Einstein after World War II urged us to “widen our compassion” to include other persons who are different and also the natural world. As we face a climate crisis of our own […]
Check out this AMAZING interactive map of Earth’s ocean and wind currents. Change the...
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My youngest nephew is standing at the gates of adulthood appalled by what he finds beyond them. He has a lot of company, of all ages. But I feel particular sympathy for the youngest and tenderest among us. It is one thing, at my age, to acknowledge that I will not see the promised land […]
A collection of stories, art, and dance meant to inspire hope, healing, and understanding through a Deeptime perspective.
I have been exploring cosmologist Brian Swimme’s eleven powers of the universe to see what our oldest teacher tells us about creating a just and sustainable planet. These are the energies by which the cosmos itself operates. Transformation is one of them, and has been a constant from the Big Bang to today. It’s not […]
For years, organizers and leaders throughout GreenFaith (but particularly in the global south)...
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Galaxies, galaxies everywhere – as far as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a “deep” core sample of the universe, cutting across billions of light-years.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Joggins Fossil Cliffs is famous for fossils that bridge the time when our ancestors were moving out of the seas and onto land. And what a land! Vast forests of the ancestors of ferns and horsetails. Tree sized relatives of mosses. And as you walk the beach you can hold […]
The most creative people on the planet today are working on changing the stories we have told ourselves for the last several centuries. In some cases, the last few millennia. Some of the stories we are turning toward are old ones. Indigenous wisdom may have a new name these days — Traditional Ecological Knowledge, or […]
Our Vision is to ignite our sense of connectedness with Earth and nurture a spirituality of Earth care through learning circles.
Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
Gladwyne Montessori is an independent Montessori school on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Committed to guiding adults in their journey as they discover the truths about childhood and study Montessori pedagogy. Personal growth and deep understanding prepares us for success.
The result is transformative.
