76. Healing Our Hearts, Learning the Land: Practicing Pilgrimage, with David Pott and Daniel Rutledge

Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and Spirituality

In this episode Forrest talks with David Pott and Daniel Rutland, two friends from Durham in the UK. Both share wisdom from experiences of pilgrimage—which we define as the practice of purposeful walking guided by a particular goal or sacred destination. They explain how pilgrimage can help us to more deeply understand and love the earth— to open ourselves to a sense of God’s presence in and through creation—and ultimately to become better earthkeepers.
Guests:

• David Pott, contributions to Godspace: Introducing the Lindisfarne Gospels Pilgrimage, An Update on the Lindisfarne Gospels Pilgrimage, others
• Young Christan Climate Network: Relay to COP26
• Author, The Two Saints Way
• Daniel Rutland, contributions to Godspace: On The Third Day, A Poem

Mentions:

• Walking routes: Cotswold Way, Pennine Way
• Pilgrimage in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Judaism
• The Way of Life route
• The Two Saints Way route
• The Northern Saints Trails
• British Pilgrimage Trust: Sanctuary Network
• Lindisfarne Gospels Pilgrimage
• World Pilgrimage Guide
• The British Pilgrimage Trust
• The Way Under Our Feet: A Spirituality of Walking by Graham Usher
• The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau

Keywords: pilgrimage, reconciliation, walking, healing, Durham, saint, carbon footprint, sanctuary, spirituality, worship, prayer, ekklesia, gathering, climate change, sacred, indigenous, scripture, destination, realism
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