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What grows in wonder?

A conference on the intersection of art, science, and religion

November 7-8, 2026

Hosted by Peak Community Church with Wolverine Farm Publick House and Perelandra Bookshop

According to Loren Wilkinson, professor emeritus of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies at Regent College, the three great trees of human culture – science, art, and religion – grow from the same soil: wonder. Gather with us to explore (and celebrate) these three gifts and what they reveal about the Giver.

Keynote Speaker: Loren Wilkinson, author of Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation. Wilkinson is a Professor Emeritus of Regent College, Vancouver, B.C. His research explores Christian environmental ethics and explores the human relationship to the natural world in its environmental, aesthetic, scientific, and religious dimensions. He lives with his wife Mary Ruth on Galiano Island in Canada.

Schedule and more details forthcoming.

Sign up to reserve your spot and receive updates about the event. The conference is open to all, with a suggested donation of $25. (Waived for Peak members.)

Other Speakers and Participants include:

  • Mary Ruth Wilkinson, Educator and Conservationist, co-author of Caring for Creation in Your Own Back Yard, with her husband Loren.

  • Dean Biggins, PhD, Biologist and Scientist Emeritus for the USGS, whose work contributes to the conservation and survival of the black-footed ferret in Northern Colorado

  • Joe Deany-Braun, Perelandra Books, Bookseller and Poet

  • Sandra Hopkins, M.A. University of Aberdeen, Visual Artist working at the intersections of theology, art, and disability.

  • Terrie Clouse, representative of A Rocha, a global family of conservation organizations working together to live out God’s calling to care for creation.

  • Jack Baumgartner, Multidisciplinary Artist, Woodworker, and Shepherd from Kansas

  • Rico Lighthouse, Gardner and Ethnobotanist will lead a walk and talk along the Poudre River Trail

  • Todd Simmons, Poet and Founder of Wolverine Farm Publishing in Fort Collins, CO

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