And really at the heart of all that you’re sharing, you’re really honoring God as the Creator of everything, and that connects us all. And I realized you can so easily lose contact with creation. Strangely enough, I took it with me on my vacation and it just began to bathe me in a kind of sense of awareness of the world I was in. Karen Pascal: I found it really, really valuable. And so, this is hopefully a prescription to kind of give people the permission to get back into what is natural. And so, we just don’t take time to realize that, especially in our modern, chaotic, busy worlds. We’re all in reciprocity to everything around us. But, you know, I’m happy for people to pick and choose, and do whatever, but my feeling was that if I could write something from a more indigenous perspective to help convert people from a Western worldview in a sort of a soft way, to kind of walk alongside them on a daily basis, that it would be a way to introduce people – or really reintroduce people – back to the relationship that Creator gave us from the beginning. So, the subtitle is 100 Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth. Becoming Rooted is a little bit different than the rest, you probably noticed, in that I was just trying to kind of walk alongside people as they did a journey. I have to appreciate people for taking the time to do that. Randy Woodley: Well, thanks, first of all, for reading my books.

What do you mean, better Earth relatives? You said that you wrote this to help us become better Earth relatives. You wrote Becoming Rooted: 100 Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth. Randy, I have read several of your books, and they’re so life-giving and life-changing.

Randy is an activist, scholar, author, teacher, wisdom-keeper, and Cherokee descendant, recognized by the Keetoowah band, who speaks of justice, faith, the Earth and indigenous realities. I’m honored to have as my guest today, Randy Woodley. Now, let me take a moment to introduce today’s guest. Through them, we can continue to reach our spiritually hungry world with Henri’s writings, his encouragement, and of course, his reminder that each of us is a beloved child of God. We invite you to share the daily meditations and these podcasts with your friends and family. Each week, we endeavor to bring you a new interview with someone who’s been deeply influenced by the writings of Henri Nouwen and sometimes, we bring a recording of Henri himself. Our goal at the Henri Nouwen Society is to extend the rich, spiritual legacy of Henri Nouwen to audiences around the world. Welcome to a new episode of Henri Nouwen, Now and Then. I’m the executive director of the Henri Nouwen Society.

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