Easter was a little unexpected this year! Wild Church got off to a great start with a Wild Wisdom Community Day in Exeter on Palm Sunday which was on the Spring Equinox this year, where we were due to join a local contemplative group in some singing. The trickster spirit was immediately in evidence as … Read more
March was a full month in the seasons of the spirit this year, with Wild Church celebrating Mothers Day on the first Sunday and journeying through Holy Week to the Easter as March drew to a close. I still vividly remember our Wild Mothers Day, as we wandered through the still sleeping oaks and the … Read more
I’d like to begin this blog post by returning to the notion of ‘pilgrimage’, so as to re-enliven it and re-centre it at the heart of Wild Church. For me, to pilgrimage is to journey with intention and wakefulness, curiosity and wonder. “As pilgrims we learn to celebrate the beauty and the bounty of the … 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
As I (Sam) write, I’m just back from our Wild Saints celebration on Dartmoor and the old festival of Samhain – Summer’s End – was very much in my mind as I drove through the autumn mist to Manaton early this morning. The path to St Winifred’s Church was golden with fallen linden leaves and … Read more