Conferences, Book Readings, and Interviews

In-Person Presentations, 2025 

Recent sermon at UU Church of Loudoun VA, “Ecospiritual Prayer”
https://www.buzzsprout.com/19529/episodes/16817144-ecospiritual-prayer-ursula-goodenough

 On March 16 at 10am, Ursula Goodenough will offer a sermon in Northern Virginia at the UU Church of Loudounhttps://uuloudoun.org entitled Ecospiritual Prayer. She will introduce the religious naturalist (RN) orientation and will lift up nature poets, like Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry, who bless us with prayers of ecospiritual sensibility.

In-Person Presentations, 2023

(presentations of first edition are listed here https://religious-naturalist-association.org/ursula-goodenough-2/)

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2

Edgartown MA Library, March 15

West Tisbury MA Library, March26

Left Bank Books, St. Louis MO, April 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORlqF-F-RXQ&t=652s 

Sermon, First UU Church in Boston, April 9

Sermon, UU Fellowship, Chautauqua NY, July 2

Aquinnah MA Library July 13

Chilmark MA Library, August 9

Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs MA August 31 (with Robin Wall Kimmerer) https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2023/09/03/staying-present-natural-world-through-storytelling 

Sermon, UU Society Martha’s Vineyard Sept 24 https://youtu.be/Fjd-lhFbbU8

 

On-Line Presentations

Journey of the Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKw1lXMs-E

Journey seminar, Estes Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iizjKvHUnM

Temple of Understanding https://templeofunderstanding.org/religious-naturalism/

Deep Transformation Network https://deeptransformation.network/posts/32621860

Psychology Today/Bekoff https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202302/the-sacred-depths-of-nature

Skeptic/Shermer https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/natures-sacred-depths-ursula-goodenough-on-finding-sacred-scientific-spirituality/ 

Nature Revisited https://soundcloud.com/nature-revisited/episode-92-ursula-goodenough-religioius-naturalist 

Earth & Spirit Center https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/the-sacred-depths-of-nature-dr-ursula-goodenough-on-science-and-spirituality/

HEC, St. Louis http://hecmedia.org/posts/ursula-goodenough-on-the-sacred-depths-of-nature-pt-1 Each ~ 10 minutes

HEC, St. Louis http://hecmedia.org/posts/ursula-goodenough-on-the-sacred-depths-of-nature-pt-2

HEC, St. Louis http://hecmedia.org/posts/ursula-goodenough-on-the-sacred-depths-of-nature-pt-3

Animal Wellness https://animalwellness.podbean.com/e/ursual-goodenough-and-the-sacred-depths-of-nature-episode-56/ or https://youtu.be/41cSl7jnxsU 

Humanize Me, Bart Compalo https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humanize-me/id964316524?i=1000615703684

Deeptime Network, Jennifer Morgan https://youtu.be/oom-L2Peqbo

Accidental Gods, Manda https://accidentalgods.life/the-sacred-depths-of-nature-exploring-the-interface-of-science-spirituality-and-religion-with-ursula-goodenough/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ5N2eCp3wk 

Redditt, Ask Me Anything https://askmeanythi.ng/ama/I7KZlr4QGZpa

Counterpoint/Bauman https://www.counterpointknowledge.org/the-sacred-depths-of-nature-25-years-later/ 

Washington Magazine https://source.wustl.edu/2023/06/wonder-enchantment-and-the-epic-of-evolution/ 

Tiny Living Beings https://rss.com/podcasts/couchmicroscopy/1049334/ 

Planet Critical https://www.planetcritical.com/p/religious-naturalism?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=265792&post_id=135107014&utm_medium=email#details 

IRAS Webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXDUa_bdCf0 

Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge https://www.counterpointknowledge.org/religious-naturalism-emergence-and-science-a-counterpoint-conversation/ 

The Dissenter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedissenter/episodes/832-Ursula-Goodenough—The-Sacred-Depths-of-Nature-How-Life-Has-Emerged-and-Evolved-e243lm5 

Counterpoint (with Terry Deacon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0BoqtWTRfs

Patheos https://www.patheos.com/blogs/publictheology/2023/10/big-history-religious-naturalism-and-ursula-goodenough/ 

FORUM 2023 (with Robin Wall Kimmerer and Carol Wayne White) https://templeofunderstanding.org 

Creation Spirituality Global Kinship https://youtu.be/29BUm8JEEOA

Four Corners Arts Forum, KDUR  https://traffic.libsyn.com/c5656c73-c523-4726-9277-b43cc2d2a052/4CAF_1030233.mp3