Title: Returning to holy wells
Description: At its heart this thesis is an invitation. I invite the reader to share the journey stated in the thesis title: Returning to Holy Wells: Reflections on Refreshing God’s People.” That returning must never cease because our spiritual grounding unfolds as a continuous process and through the repetition of what we practice. It can be no other way for we do not ‘own’ the Holy. We grow thirsty on such a journey, and we need repeated refreshment for our deepest spiritual thirsts. We seek that refreshment at holy wells – those wells we trust to offer refreshment because we visited them before. The journey we share began at these same wells so we do know the way to find them. The wells have differing names of course, and there are wells richly available in many spiritual and religious traditions. However, I write within the language and experience of the Christian
Subjects: Eucharistic prayers--Episcopal Church--Liturgy.