I love working with and supporting all the Wild Church collaborators… and yet it is also a bit of a treat when I get to guide a pilgrimage completely in my own way! So this was a special Sunday for me and especially as, after four years of co-ordinating Wild Church events, I will be … Read more
Our second Wild Church pilgrimage was guided by Mothiur Rahman, who led us in a contemplative journey upstream alongside the Bidwell Brook which flows through the heart of Dartington village. With pauses for poetry and reflection along the way, Mothiur invited us to explore of themes of disconnection and reconnection in our relationship with water. … Read more
It was a very grey and chilly morning on the Moors, for our March Wild Church Birch Retreat, but to our (Sam & Cami’s) surprise several brave souls turned up to join us! A welcome gathering organically formed in the farm courtyard as people arrived and settled in together. Fully prepared, 15 layered and waterproofed … Read more
” Raja had been walking the hills and paths of the Ramallah region for more than forty years. When he began walking, before the Six-Day war of 1967, the appearance of the hills was largely unchanged from the time of Roman occupation, and it was possible for him to move more or less unimpeded among them; … Read more
“Those who in youth and childhood wander alone in woods and wild places, ever after carry in their hearts a secret well of quietness.” W.B Yeats In preparing for this pilgrimage, I (Sam) found myself unexpectedly drawn back into my own youth. We had intended to head … Read more