Thinking About Nature With Brian McLaren

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of nature and spirituality with guest Brian McLaren.

Text us your questions! Prayer doesn’t always happen in a church. Sometimes it happens under streetlights or beside old trees. We open with Randy’s simple practice of late night walks and how nature has slowly become the place where his spirituality feels dynamic again. That shift also brings a collision with old religious instincts: the inner voice that says connection is dangerous, that wonder is “worship,” that the world exists mainly to serve us. Brian McLaren joins us to widen the frame...

People in this episode

Hosts: Randy Knie, Kyle Whitaker

Guest: Brian McLaren

Topics covered

• nature
• spirituality
• religion
• philosophy
• connection
• wonder

Keywords

• nature
• spirituality
• Brian McLaren
• religion
• philosophy
• wonder
• connection

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