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About Worship in the Wilderness
Briefly stated, Worship in the Wilderness (WitW) is liturgical hiking. WitW began in the spring of 2008 as an idea and an experiment to meld two of my great passions – the great outdoors and the great mysteries/truths of the Holy. More fully, small groups of sojourners gather together to hike and to “do church” while experiencing some of the most beautiful of God's creations in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. We have hiked in every month of the year and in almost all kinds of weather – nothing equals the Holy attentiveness which challenging weather can elicit in us while in the wilderness.
For me, being in nature is the way in which I most easily connect with the Holy. What I have come to know for myself, as I believe my fellow hikers have as well, is that liturgical hiking is one of the most profound and yet simple ways to experience God's continual presence in our lives while being purposeful about our offering of praise and thanksgiving back to the Holy. At its heart, any good liturgy strives for this outcome and humankind has attempted to craft such liturgies since time immemorial.
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