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
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
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
The first Sunday in July 2015 was our eighth Wild Church event and a real highlight. Having started our river pilgrimage at the beginning of Advent in the depths of winter, it felt like a cause for celebration, to look back over these months of meeting and now find ourselves at the height of summer, … Read more