About Long Talks in the Woods

In early 2020, Responding to community appetite for deep discussion and rigorous questioning on existential topics, Long Talks in the Woods was started by Shaun Sellers, Marilyn Zehr, and Barbara Lindenberg.

Shaun Sellers is a PhD candidate in the Leadership for the Ecozoic program (L4E) at McGill University. She has a MSc in Ecological Economics from the University of Leeds, and a BA (Hons) in Business Management from Antioch University. Her research interests are in the foundational philosophies of institutions, the policy applications of social ecological perspectives, and the history of economic thought.

Barb Lindenberg is a dance artist, parent and administrator living in Maynooth. She holds an MFA from Simon Fraser University and a BFA from York University. She lends her administrative and communication skills to Long Talks in the Woods.

​Marilyn Zehr is a spiritual director, and an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, (originally ordained in the Mennonite Church), currently serving the Maynooth Madawaska Communities of Faith UCC.  She has a Masters of Theology (ThM) with a Diploma in Spiritual Direction (DSD) from Regis College, University of Toronto, a Masters of Divinity (MDiv) from Emmanuel College, U of T, and a BA (Hons) in religious studies and sociology. She has a deep connection to land, and seeks to be attuned to the Sacred through the earth and her creatures.  She and her wife Svinda Heinrichs co-founded and lead a wild church, Cathedral of the Trees, and are part of the Wild Church Network.

​Long Talks in the Woods is in the process of being re-imagined as Shaun, Marilyn, and Barb sort out future possibilities. By signing up as a member/receiver of newsletters, you'll get access on this website to the full archive of everything that's been published from 2020-2025 and notification of what's still to come.