S6 Ep2: Creation Cares - Noticing nature

GoHealth Podcast

What in Creation caught your attention today? Do you have a sense of why that might have been? These are some of the many questions explored in this beautiful conversation between Gillian Straine and Steve Aisthorpe.
Steve is the Director of Kilmalieu, a retreat centre on the west coast of the Highlands, part of the Abernethy Trust. He is a coach, retreat leader and author of The Invisible Church (SAP, 2016) and Rewilding the Church (SAP, 2020). He was previously a mission development officer for the Church of Scotland and Executive Director of the International Nepal Fellowship.
Together, Gillian and Steve explore

• Kilmalieu retreat centre – what is distinctive about its approach.
• How folk attending the centre connect with the rugged landscape around them.
• How being at Kilmalieu benefits people.
• The three ways of seeing.
• The threshold prayer.
• How connecting with nature cultivates resilience in the face of the climate crisis.
• Rewilding the Church - Steve's book.
• How folk listening can practice nature connection today, wherever they are.

Episode links:
Kilmalieu website
Abernethy Kilmalieu Facebook
Kilmalieu Instagram
GoHealth Creation Cares series
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