Since childhood I’ve often struggled with Remembrance Sunday. When I was growing up much of the culture around me was still unconsciously immersed in a rather Victorian Christianity, with an imperialist quality which horrified me. Not that I didn’t and don’t deeply feel for all who suffer through warfare but I am a pacifist at … Read more
Waking on this blustery autumn morning I (Cami) realize two weeks have passed since our Wild Harvest Fundraiser at Dartington Church. A rich and deeply nourishing day of community gathering in celebration of this blessed land. The intention was to bring awareness to Wild Church and our monthly tree pilgrimages that we will be hosting … Read more
One Sunday evening, Sam and I (Beth) were walking on the moors with my parents who were visiting for the weekend. We’d gone to church together that morning, followed by a long roast lunch, and we were now walking around Hound Tor into the dusk. I said to Sam “I’d love to do this with … Read more
Through the changing seasons of nature and spirit that we circle within Wild Church, we each have our own unfolding inner seasons, both through the journey of our natural life as embodied beings and in the shifting feelings and unfoldings of the soul. For myself (Sam) I’m in the late summer or early autumn of … Read more
Happy Birthday River Dart Wild Church! With the approach of Advent 2015, our Wild Church exploration reached its first Birthday and we celebrated with a collaborative communion in our home Church of St. Mary’s at Dartington. As I (Sam) write this, I wonder is St. Mary’s our ‘home Church’? More truthfully, I think both Beth … Read more