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Call of the Wild and Journey to Wholeness: EARTH’S WATERS
Video Available: Session 2 of PA IPL Interfaith Spiritual Care 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61YtPyBL5cw&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I8IO0fMEk8VUdIdu_5GuExX June 2, 2026: EARTH'S WATERS This meeting, recorded Tuesday, June 2, 2026, is the second of four sessions of our...
Call of the Wild and Journey to Wholeness: THE DESERT
Video Available: Session 1 of PA IPL Interfaith Spiritual Care 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5cbVsEhFYM&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I8IO0fMEk8VUdIdu_5GuExX March 31, 2026: THE DESERT This meeting, recorded Tuesday, March 31, 2026, is the first of four sessions of our...
Wonder as We Wander in Our World: HEAVEN & EARTH
Video Available: Session 4 of PA IPL Interfaith Spiritual Care 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXVayqI8EI&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I8IO0fMEk8VUdIdu_5GuExX December 17, 2025: HEAVEN & EARTH This meeting, recorded Wednesday, December 17, 2025, is the final...
Wonder as We Wander in Our World: WATER
Video Available: Session 3 of PA IPL Interfaith Spiritual Care 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P0lWugiXiw&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I8IO0fMEk8VUdIdu_5GuExX September 17, 2025: WATER This meeting, recorded Wednesday, September 17, 2025, is the third of four sessions of...
The Native Plant Presence in American Zen Buddhism: O An Zendo
by Tyler Fowler PA IPL network is a mosaic of some of the most insightful, thoughtful and compassionate communities and individuals Pennsylvania has to offer, all working towards a vision of a cleaner and more just world. In the woods of central PA, there is a...
Planting Trees with a Small Team: Yvonne Paranick and the NWPA Synod of the ELCA
by Tyler Fowler “Just as we take care of our bodies, we should take care of the earth. If we lose our pollinators, we lose our food, and we lose our life. They are all so interconnected, so we need to look at scripture from a different point of view. Then, when we...
Faith, Water, and Environmental Stewardship: Mark Smith and the Community Fridge Gardeners
By Tyler Fowler From West Philadelphia east, from Somerton south, street to street and block to block you will find each neighborhood distinct from the last, with its own set of strengths and challenges, but one constant is the water people drink, bathe, and play in....
Bike & Hike 2025: 6/5 Reflection
For our final reflection of the 2025 Bike & Hike, Rev. Cindy Davidson shares her thoughts. Cindy is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, a GreenFaith Fellow, and a past Board Chair and member of the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth. Following a...
Wonder as We Wander in Our World: FAUNA
Video Available: Session 2 of PA IPL Interfaith Spiritual Care 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHuu_wrtQXM&list=PLg2TLXRsr8I8IO0fMEk8VUdIdu_5GuExX May 21, 2025: FLORA This meeting, recorded Wednesday, May 21, 2025, is the second of four sessions of PA IPL's...