As a narrator states in the introduction to this fresh and edifying film, Celtic Christianity "has resurfaced as a body of wisdom with remarkable relevance and force. People of faith are listening again to voices long silent and taking them to heart."
A Thin Place was shot on the island of Iona where St. Columba established one of the great centers of faith in 563. Today believers make pilgrimages to this "thin place" where the veil between the worlds is almost transparent. Vivienne Hull and Danny Martin, who lead retreats to Iona, discuss some of the major aspects of Celtic spirituality. Among them are a companionship with Jesus; a respect for imagination, poetry, and art; a gift for intimacy with God; an emphasis upon the harmony among nature, the human community, and the unseen worlds; a reverence for earth; a delight in the art of pilgrimage; an honoring of the feminine; and an overall yearning to participate in the journey to wholeness.
The crowning point of this excellent resource for church groups is that Celtic spirituality can be for all of us a spur to a more intuitive, rounded, realistic, and earth-loving faith. A Thin Place was produced, photographed, and edited by Jim Friedrich and is accompanied by a study guide.
