Belden Lane is a teacher, author, storyteller, and theologian who explores the deep connection between nature and spirituality, and in particular the threads between those topics and men's spirituality work.

In this episode of A Congruent Life, Belden shares about:

discovering his love of nature as a young child,
the yearning for wilderness in the middle part of life,
getting out of your own head, and embracing being a "recovering scholar,"
the many different lessons that nature has to teach us,
his own "calling story" that led him to accepting the mantle of being a storyteller,
reflections about accepting the names we are given,
dealing with "false self" issues of impression management, the letters behind our name, and tiring of the masks we wear,
the "true self" disciplines that now bring him joy in this stage of his life.

Links from the Show

Belden's website
Illuman
Soularize conference for men: November 2015

Belden's books:

Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice
Ravished by Beauty: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
Landscapes of the Sacred: Geography and Narrative in American Spirituality


Belden's "Last Lecture" presentation at Saint Louis University:
https://vimeo.com/17897411