HeyJaredFr Pete the Wilderness Priest
Priest, fisherman, teacher, founder of Water and Wilderness Church. Writing on God and nature, water and soul, and why life is still beautiful.
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Me-First, You-Last Christianity (opens the original)
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Thanks to all who have already subscribed! These blogs are always free, but paid subscriptions so help me keep this ministry going.The human species has always had a me-first problem. It is the central issue of the human condition, and the central struggle of our species. In cultures across the globe, whether in Buddhism with the hungry ghost, King Shibi in Hinduism, or in various stories throughout indigenous communities, the human predilection for selfishness and its destructive nature is well
Wendell Berry’s 17-Year Field (opens the original)
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Wendell Berry, author, agrarian, theologian, and poet, passed away yesterday, September 1, 2026. May his soul and the souls of all the departed rest in eternal peace.I was in my late-twenties when I first discovered an author, poet, prophet, and theologian whose words somehow, without knowing me at all, sketched out the shape of my longing. As a boy I spent many years roaming the local woods and investigating the creek and river near my house, with Annie Dillard-like amazement at the civilizatio
Nature and Church Aren't The Same (opens the original)
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Thank you all for reading! I’ve been away for a few weeks trying to catch up on…everything else. I’ll be back on a weekly rhythm from now on. Paid subscriptions are a small way to make a big difference in this public ministry. As a self-described wilderness priest and founder of a fully outdoor church called Water and wilderness Church, I hear from people all the time who say “nature is my church.” I’m sympathetic to this perspective. Nature is, according to Irenaeus and most of humanity, eviden
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