Bearing the Deep

Holy breath and learning to go beneath the surface | The Word in the Wild, Pentecost Sunday, Year B

I recently heard an interview with Craig Foster, the documentarian who made the film, My Octopus Teacher. Foster is a student of traditional tracking, and he’s translated those skills to his explorations of the South African kelp forest in which he dives daily. The water there can be cold, but Foster wants to feel as much as possible, so he snorkels and…