Wholeness as the Holy Work of Process Theology with Dr. Sheri Kling

In this episode of The Holy Wild, Victoria Loorz and Dr. Sheri Kling explore how personal trauma, dreamwork, and encounters with the natural world can become gateways into deeper wholeness and divine relationship. Sheri weaves process theology and Jungian psychology into lived stories of synchronicity, butterflies, and sacred encounters that remind us we are co-creators in an unfolding cosmos of meaning. What emerges is an invitation to trust the flow of becoming, where even separation is part of the holy dance that leads us back into connection with Earth, Spirit, and one another.Dr. Sheri D. Kling, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Process & Faith (a multifaith network for relational spirituality under the Center for Process Studies) and is also the interim minister of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bradenton, Florida. She earned her doctorate in Religion: Process Studies from Claremont School of Theology and brings together theology, depth psychology, mystical wisdom traditions, relational worldviews, and the intersections of spirituality and science to help individuals find meaning, belonging, and transformation. A theologian, teacher, songwriter, and spiritual mentor, Kling is a faculty member at the Haden Institute and Claremont School of Theology (adjunct), and authored A Process Spirituality: Christian and Transreligious Resources for Transformation; she also offers courses, concerts, retreats, and dynamic “Music & Message” presentations.Connect with Sheri:Organization Website: Process and FaithBook: A Process Spirituality: A Christian and Transreligious Resources for TransformationBook: Finding Home: Rural Reflections on the Journey to WholenessProcess Pop-Up Video with Victoria LoorzMentioned in the episode:Wiki: Alfred North WhiteheadBook: Black Beauty by Anna SewellBook: Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola EstésBook: Natural Spirituality: A Handbook for Jungian Inner Work in Spiritual Community by Joyce Rockwood HudsonBook: Radical Nature: The Soul of Matter by Christian de QuinceyBook: The Archetypal Process: Self and Divine and Whitehead, Jung, and HillmanDavid GriffinBook: Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl JungBook: Possessing The Secret Of Joy by Alice WalkerConnect with the Center:Website: wildspirituality.earthVictoria's Website: victorialoorz.comEmail: [email protected]: linktr.ee/ctrforwildspiritualityInstagram: @center_for_wild_spiritualityTimestamps:00:00 Introduction07:04 Sheri's Background, Looking For Belonging09:11 A Love Of Horses09:53 Suburban Nature And The Golf Course11:41 The North Georgia Mountains12:55 Finding Comfort In Nature From Trauma13:55 Finding The Divine Feminine14:31 Finding Home15:46 Emerging From Emotional Numbness17:46 Connecting With Jungian Work18:53 Deep Relationship With Place21:27 Introduction To Process Theology28:13 Connecting Inner Wholeness With Universal Wholeness31:44 Whitehead + Jung33:55 Dream Work And Syncronicity42:12 Transformational Practices Of Wholeness47:00 Sin And Separation As Necessary51:49 The Butterfly Pushing Out55:47 Invitation And A Story With A Chimpanzee