The gorgeously animated new movie "The Wild Robot" may help to plant seeds for a better future, giving families an entertaining entryway to conversations about mutuality and solidarity with the environment.
"Let's be open to surprises together," writes Christina Leaño, "to see how noticing what is in motion allows us to see God's motion taking place and invites us deeper into our ecological conversion."
The world cannot experience true peace unless we all work together to achieve a positive outcome in this quest to preserve and nurture all life, from the smallest insect to the mightiest whale.
As the annual Season of Creation begins, Christina Leaño invites you to go on a spiritually guided nature therapy walk with her, whether in the woods or from your phone.
Why does nature touch us so deeply? The Bible — one long creation/love/salvation story, a saga of God's home-building project — suggests an answer that also addresses the core of Christian faith.
After "Bluey," the Holy Spirit and Google led this mom to enroll her 3-year-old in a forest school, her whole family learned more about caring for creation and cultivating community — with human and nonhuman friends.
The convergence of the sky crying with Nicholas Black Elk on the highest peak in the Black Hills became the lasting image of him in the public eye. Yet his greatest connection to the Earth occurred at his funeral.
The pine cone I prayed with now sits on my dresser. It is a reminder of the message in creation and the need to continue "to dare to turn what is happening to the world into [my] own personal suffering."
If Jesuit schools are to avoid corporatization and make mission- and science-based greenhouse gas reduction commitments, they should require substantive formation in Catholic social teaching for senior administrators and trustees.
