“What if we served from what we love rather than what we’re against?”

-Nina Simons

Welcoming back two brilliant past guests of the Wonder Dome this week with Nina Simons (co-founder of Bioneers and author of Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership) and Deborah Eden Tull (founder of Mindful Living Revolution and author of Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown.)

“Sacred activism,” Eden says, “is a fusion with the mystic’s passion for God with the activist’s passion for justice — creating a third fire, the burning sacred heart that longs to help preserve and nurture every living thing.” A practice that integrates the connective tissue of inner transformation with outer engagement. With Andy, Nina and Eden delve into how to respond to ecological breakdown, political polarization, and personal loss not with despair, but with love and relational awareness, inviting us to see community and interbeing as the grounding force that holds us through times of crisis and possibility.

Together, Nina and Eden are launching a live online course called Sacred Activism: Meeting Our Challenges as Gateways for Embodying Connection beginning on November 13, 2025. To learn more and join this cohort exploring sacred activism as “a living practice that draws from your own lived experience, challenges, and discoveries,” visit this link.

"Lost" by David Wagoner Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven. No two branches are the same to Wren. If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you, You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows Where you are. You must let it find you.

Show Notes:

* https://www.ninasimons.com

* https://www.deborahedentull.com

* #111 Nature, Culture, and the Sacred (with Nina Simons)

* #142 Luminous Darkness (with Deborah Eden Tull)

* https://www.bioneers.org

* Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership by Nina Simons

* Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown by Deborah Eden Tull

* Sacred Activism: Meeting Our Challenges as Gateways for Embodying Connection with Nina Simons and Deborah Eden Tull

* Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh

* The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism by Andrew Harvey

* Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone