Beth Norcross

Beth Norcross brings her training and experience in both theology and ecology in founding and leading the interspiritual Center for Spirituality in Nature, which offers opportunities to deepen spirituality through nature and to nurture loving relationships with Earth and Spirit. She speaks, writes, and leads programs that encourage people to open to the natural world for delight, wonder, guidance, and spiritual deepening. Most recently those classes have included the video series - The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees - which she teaches with Leah Rampy, and And God Saw That It Was Good: A Spirituality Course Accompanying Ken Burns' film The National Parks: America's Best Idea. She co-founded the Green Seminary Initiative, which infuses Earth care into theological education. And, as an adjunct professor at Wesley Theological Seminary, where she earned a master of theological studies and a doctor of ministry, she has created and taught classes related to faith and ecology. She lives with her husband in Virginia and is inspired daily by the delight, insights, and courage of her young grandchildren as they explore the natural world.