The point of traveling is not to arrive,
but to return home
laden with pollen you shall work up
into honey the mind feeds on.
RS Thomas
Each place we visit, each wonder we encounter along the way, carries its own invitation—its own testimony to offer. Our privilege is to behold the wonder; our responsibility is to listen for what it is teaching us. True pilgrimage doesn’t end when the path does—it deepens, echoing inward, calling us to reflect, to wrestle, and to be transformed.
Elemental Encounters
Elemental Encounters invites us to engage the ancient forces from which all life emerges—earth, water, fire, and air. These primal elements are not only the building blocks of the natural world; they are the energies that shape our bodies, move our emotions, and stir our souls. In this space, we explore how encounters with these elements can awaken wonder, deepen awareness, and call us into more grounded and expansive ways of leading and living.
This series is part of our ongoing work in the Doctor of Ministry program in Leadership for Wonder at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where we are exploring how to lead our communities more deeply into the heart of mystery.
