Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
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Saturday, 1 February 2014

Where does your faith come from?

I suppose mine came originally from going to church and sunday school from a very young age at the request of my parents. Typically I rebelled against this in my late teens - being sure of myself and not wanting anything to do with something as staid.
During the intervening years certain aspects of the past came to the fore and my views on organised religion hardened as I could perceive more of the hurt that was done in the name of religion than the good that was being done.
I don't think I ever lost a feeling of spirituality, I just think I channeled it through other things like my love of the moors and mountains of this country and the feeling of oneness and unity that I got from being out there. There was always something there.
This is part of what allowed me to see God in this, that and a hymn, "How Great Thou Art", which speaks movingly of the mountains and forests and how God is in them all. This allowed me to believe again and to see God in them and to feel my faith again.
This is the version I heard that allowed my to feel this again, a wonderful hymn with a true sense of appeal to those of  us who love the great outdoors and all it means to us


Thursday, 26 January 2012

Coast Path

Really glad to see this article on UKHillwalking about the first section of the Coastal Path. Start of Coast path

Dorset is really special to me and especially Portland as I can trace my family back more than 10 generations on the island

Rufus Castle is a beautiful location and deservedly the start of the path but if you go there take the back path, below the castle and go and see the ruins of the old church at Portland the overlooks Church Ope Cove as well before you set out to Durdle Door