From the Telegraph:
Over the course of six weeks this summer Kenneth Wilson cycled to all 42 of England’s Anglican cathedrals – covering 2,000 miles in total – with a cello strapped to the front of his bike. After reaching each cathedral, he gave a solo performance….
Wilson insists he is not an atheist, saying he is just “not interested” in the question of God’s existence. So has he lost his faith? “No, I didn’t lose it. I threw it away. I dismantled it. I know exactly where it is, I just didn’t want to be there any more.”
I quickly realise that he doesn’t like giving easy answers.
From the outside, it seems there is a clear story: an ex-vicar who has fallen out of love with Christianity takes to the road in search of an alternative route to God.
And if Wilson had been looking to rediscover his faith, he certainly had a number of willing guides. “I would get people who come up to me and want to pray for me, and usually they frame that as I want to pray a blessing for your trip. But then the blessing sometimes turns into ‘Dear Lord, please show Kenneth the true path again’.”
But Wilson is adamant that he is “not looking for anything”.
“One of my complaints about traditional religion is that it’s highly transactional. You know, we go to church or we go to God because we want something. I’m trying to dismantle that framing. I don’t want anything from this.”
Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
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