Author: Michael Tino

Nature can be a source of awe, wonder, and beauty–and also terror, sadness, and pain. Our spiritual task is to make meaning from what is presented to us by nature.

How is your spiritual life inspired by nature?

“Covenant is the work of intimate justice.” -Victoria Safford

What does “intimate justice” mean to you? How might you make it real?

What are the things that bind us in interdependence to all other beings? How can we heal the ways in which humanity has broken that web of covenant?

How are you acting for climate justice?

“Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together.” -Winona LaDuke

How do you help keep covenant with the Earth?

“I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

When have you had to break a promise so that it did not break you?