"Animal Sacrifice" (Gen. 15)

Our guests today are Rev. Grace Pritchard Burson and Rev. Daniel Wolpert.    The Rev'd Grace Pritchard Burson is a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, serving the parish of All Saints by the Lake in Dorval, Quebec. She is also a certified birth doula, writer, guerrilla gardener, and theologian of compost. She lives by the St. Lawrence River with her teenage son, on the ancestral territory of the Kanien'kéha:ka.   Daniel Wolpert, a healer and student of the spiritual life, worked as a research scientist, psychologist, farmer, and teacher, before earning his Masters of Divinity degree at San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS). Co-founder and former Executive Director of the Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing, he has taught in the fields of psychology and spiritual formation in numerous settings around the world. A writer and a spiritual director, he has also played key roles in developing environments for contemplation and spiritual leadership, helping to build or restore monasteries, theological schools, and retreat centers across North America. Author of multiple books on the spiritual life, his most recent work is “Looking Inward, Living Outward: The Spiritual Practice of Social Transformation” (Upper Room 2024). When not on the road, he lives in Seattle spending as much time with his grandson as possible.