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Becoming Sacred Space

Stephen Blackmer

Just because it will take a thousand years is no reason not to begin. It seems impossible that we could once again know the Earth as sacred, but that's the path I walk. Join me, as we explore Becoming Sacred Space.

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    I am a lifelong lover of the land, an ecologist and conservationist who became a priest in the Episcopal Church and founded Church of the Woods. I am now exploring what it means to re-imagine the Earth as sacred space—and ourselves as sacred beings.

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