Lo, all my heart’s field red and torn/And thou wilt bring the young green corn… old English hymn.
The Celts used to say their lives were inspired by two books – the Holy Scriptures and the book of Nature. We will allow both to lead us through our Easter journey, guided by Tess Ward. Beginning with the Gospel story, we will open out and follow the divine rhythm that is echoed in both books: of living, dying and new life.
We will weave this with the truth of our own stories in poetry, music, pictures, ceremony, playing together, creativity, silence and all the earth and sea have to offer.
Our chapel times will be Celtic in flavour but also drawing on the mystical traditions helping us to enter fully into this most universal of stories on this earth that we share.
Tess has contributed at the Greenbelt Festival and is author of The Celtic Wheel of the Year, a treasured spiritual resource for many people. Her 2012 book Alternative Pastoral Prayers draws directly on her experience in hospice chaplaincy.
She is currently writing about pilgrimage in the Celtic lands of the North East of England where she now lives.