In our Community of Sophia & Mary gathering today we returned to our matrons, with a focus on Sophia. Sometimes it can be hard to connect with Her. Many of us have grown up not really knowing well the Biblical… Continue Reading …
Wild Monastery and River Dart Wild Church have some good harvests to celebrate this autumn, in the form of an ever growing collection of offerings, gatherings and collaborations. See below for a cornucopia of this term’s dates, all gathered together… Continue Reading …
I concluded my ‘forty days in the wilderness’ during the second week of Eastertide. On Monday I left Edinburgh for Cumbria and then concluded my ‘monastery crawl’ in a Franciscan house (above) near Worcester, before arriving back in rural Devon… Continue Reading …
On Easter Monday I left the monastery on Unst and began my slow return journey to Devon. This would take me most of a fortnight, so I will divide it between two journal entries here. I also returned to posting… Continue Reading …
Following Palm Sunday I went into retreat for Holy Week, first on the remote Shetland Isle of Fetlar and then on the ‘most northerly’ monastery back on Unst. Below is a little a taste of this time, which lay at… Continue Reading …
I am sorry that it has taken longer than I hoped to return to this pilgrimage journal, but here at last is a glimpse of the last fortnight and a few reflections on Palm Sunday for today. I fell asleep… Continue Reading …
This post is the first in a short series over six weeks, during a time of pilgrimage. Daily descriptions of my journey, some reflections and photos are being offered in our River Dart Wild Church fb community. So these longer… Continue Reading …
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Since returning from my ‘wild monastery pilgrimage’ in late April, I’ve been back at work and also taking time for some deep discernment into what the Holy One – Blessed be She – is calling me into for this next… Continue Reading …