Member’s Contributions

About Members’ Contributions

This section is made up of writings, videos, and other RN related material created by our members. 

Submissions:

We invite members to submit items for inclusion in this section. Submissions will be reviewed before being posted.

Send your submissions to: rnablog@religious-naturalist-association.org

Guidelines:

  • Written submissions can be Word, Pages, plain text, or PDF format. You can also just paste text into an email.
  • Videos and podcasts can be submitted in their original format or, preferably, as links to the videos or podcasts already published elsewhere.
  • The content of submissions should be about the Religious Naturalist orientation itself or about experiences, inspirations, implications, and ideas directly related to the orientation.

Sermons and Articles

Videos

Other Contributions

Encountering Nature as Sabbath

Encountering Nature as Sabbath

Photo by NOEM on Unsplash   Encountering Nature as Sabbath   “Holiness is not something limited to the religious world, much less the supernatural; holiness is something that happens in the natural world.” — Thomas W. Mann from The God of Dirt, Mary Oliver and...

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Forest Bathing & Forest Therapy

Forest Bathing & Forest Therapy

Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.substack.com Book:  Log Cabin Reflections, about living off-grid in remote Alaska   Do you know the terms Forest Bathing and Forest Therapy? They refer to immersion in nature for several hours at a time, on a repeated basis.  This is not a time...

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How Nature Restores Us to Ourselves

How Nature Restores Us to Ourselves

Image: Kyle Sanguin on Unsplash Encountering nature in silence, solitude, and seclusion, we become immersed in present moment awareness and find renewal. Where I live in the northeast it’s winter. Being close to one of the Great Lakes, we experience what’s called...

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Nature as Our Path to Inner Wisdom

Nature as Our Path to Inner Wisdom

Image by Robert Lukeman on Unsplash Within us is an infinite source of wisdom. By immersing ourselves mindfully in nature, we can unlock our inner source of knowledge that can’t be acquired through intellect alone.   There is within each and  every one of us a hidden...

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Yule is for Renewal

Yule is for Renewal

  Image by Hernan Sanchez on Unsplash by Elle Harrigan Oh, how we love this time of year! The decorations. The food. The gift giving (and receiving)! We set up evergreen trees laden with lights, put wreaths on the door, and hang mistletoe, rarely with any sense...

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