Vanessa Chamberlin - A Spirituality of the Land (N317)

Nomad Podcast

Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this Easter devotional podcast, Vanessa Chamberlin reflects on biblical narratives and personal mystical experiences as she navigates the intersection of theology, art, and ecological consciousness.

Following Vanessa’s reflection, Anna Robinson creates a contemplative space for us to more deeply reflect on and experience this spirituality of the land.

All this is beautifully woven together with the [on location] music of Jon Bilbrough, known musically as Wilderthorn.

Vanessa's reflection begins at 5m 52s

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Nomad podcast. I'm Anna Robinson and it's my pleasure to introduce this more
0:08.6	devotional style episode. We've invited a guest to share some thoughts and then I have drawn on
0:14.8	their words and created some time of reflection and guided meditation. So I invite you into a bit of slowing down, a bit of
0:22.7	contemplation, a bit of noticing what lands, and perhaps what's bringing life. We have the wonderful
0:31.0	artist, writer, spiritual director and practical theologian Vanessa Chamberlain sharing her experiences and her work around spirituality
0:40.1	and theology of the land and landscape and helping us to explore connection and relationship
0:46.3	to the land that we live, work and walk on. You can find out more about Vanessa's creative work
0:53.0	at Vanessachamplin.co.uk and her spiritual
0:57.0	directing at rockdove.org.org. Now, the music for this devotional episode has been written and
1:05.0	produced by John Bilbara, known musically as Wilderthorn. In order to connect more deeply with Vanessa's words, John traveled
1:14.2	with his recording gear to one of the places mentioned in her story, a retreat center called
1:19.9	the Royal Foundation of St. Catherine. There he recorded the vocals and sounds that you are about to hear
1:26.0	as a way of musically exploring our
1:28.5	relationship to the land. John has also included a field recording sent over by Mike Gordon from the
1:35.2	Holy Island of Iona, which is another place of significance in Vanessa's story. You can find a whole
1:42.7	wealth of Wilderthorn's music on his YouTube channel and follow news of his
1:47.0	performances on his Instagram.
1:50.2	Now getting to know many of the beloved listeners over the last few years through my work,
1:55.1	I know a lot of you like me listen to podcasts while doing other things, walking, driving,
2:00.5	washing up, running. But I just want you to be aware that other things, walking, driving, washing up, running.
2:02.3	But I just want you to be aware that this episode, the first half, is going to be Vanessa,
2:06.6	sharing fascinating insights, thoughts and theology.
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