04/06/2024
As an independent celebrant, I often help families to create entirely secular ceremonies. Sometimes they do want to include a hymn or a prayer for religious, or traditional, reasons and that's fine too. I work with my client's belief system, not my own.
I wouldn't describe myself as a religious person, but I do find myself drawn to religious buildings, especially, but not exclusively, churches. I find them incredibly peaceful and contemplative places. I marvel at their architecture, the worksmanship within them, and wonder how on earth something could be built of such scale and grandeur hundreds of years ago.
This weekend I found myself in Boston, and visited St Botolph's. It blew me away! The volunteers there were so warm and welcoming, and the sheer size of this parish church was awesome. So, here's a couple of photos of St Botolph's and some other places of worship I've spent time in recently including Gloucester Cathedral, Holy Trinity in Bradford on Avon, Peterborough Cathedral and St Mary's Basilica in Krakow