And we’re back.

Season two kicks off with an introductory conversation between Abbey and Madison about this season’s theme of Wilderness. The great nature writers from John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, to Aldo Leopold have written extensively that Wilderness contains the salvation of mankind. Wilderness is also a recurring spiritual theme in sacred texts throughout the world. What is this Wilderness and why is it crucial to our spiritual growth? Is God wild and what can we learn about ourselves from understanding this Wildness?

“In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world – the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.”— John Muir

Links:
Act now with SUWA
Catch up on Season One
30×30 Campaign
The Wilderness Act
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
From Wild Man to Wise Man by Richard Rohr

Transcripts

Madison

Madison

Equal parts hippie-mystic, gastronomist, and comic-book nerd, Madison is not your average Mormon. By day he works to protect Utah's wildlands with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. And by night he cooks, reads, and otherwise lives a pretty normal life. Madison takes great pride in being his niece’s and nephew’s favorite uncle, his three sister’s favorite brother, and his parent's favorite son (he has no brothers to compete with).