Location: Hexworthy, Dartmoor. Weather: Sun, sun, sun (with a spot of wind). The Wild Church camp, at Huccaby Farm, consisted of 1 tipi tent and 2 small tents, centred around a fire pit and beside the rushing River Dart, flowing and falling over black rock. Some … Read more
Today is Pentecost and although it’s still a fortnight until our Wild Church summer camp, this weekend is the beginning of my own wild journey into Pentecost for this year. I’m loving Maytide, this Spring season of natural abundance and beauty with hawthorn in the hedges and fresh salad in the garden. Dartington is full … Read more
Today is the Feast of the Ascension and another wonderful celebration in the Christian ‘seasons of the spirit’. Meeting once a month means that Wild Church was a little ahead of the game for Ascension when we gathered on Sunday May 3rd but I (Sam) have appreciated starting conversations about the meaning and experience of … Read more
With eggs and muesli in the backpack, we set off from Dartington at 6am to get to the 6:15 sunrise service at Holy Trinity, a ruined church on an outcrop of rock overlooking Buckfast Abbey. 23 years ago the church set ablaze, and today it stands in its majestic skeleton, rewilded by plant and animal … Read more
For Good Friday Wild Church made an epic five hour pilgrimage, based on an eco-feminist exploration of the Stations of the Cross. We started in the Lady Chapel at Staverton Church, gazing at Marco Donner’s lovely paintings of the Annunciation and the Nativity, which made a bittersweet beginning to a journey of reflection on Christ’s … Read more