The Rev. Matthew Myer Boulton will explore finding spirituality in nature during the next installment of the Monadnock Summer Lyceum Sunday, July 16, at 11 a.m. at Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, 25 Main St.
Boulton will reflect on three noted thinkers. The first is poet Mary Oliver who wrote, “If God exists, he is not just churches and mathematics, he’s the forests, he’s the desert.” The second is environmental activist Wendell Berry, known for his love of rural living, who reflected, “Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders, We see the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence, our daily bread.” The third is ThichNhatHanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, who said, “Walk as if you were kissing the Earth with your feet.”
Boulton is a graduate of Northwestern University, Harvard Divinity School and the University of Chicago Theological Seminary. He has written numerous books, including “God Against Religion: Rethinking Christian Theology Through Worship” and “Doing Justice to Mercy: Religion Law and Criminal Justice.” In addition, he has been the president of Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis and most recently was named associate professor of ministry studies at Harvard Divinity School.
Boulton is also a musician and the co-founder of SALT, a nonprofit production company dedicated to the art of storytelling that has won four regional Emmy Awards and has more than 31 million views on Facebook.
Ted Mann on lute and Szmauz on guitar will provide music beginning at 10;30 a.m.