Building The Church is Gordon Ramsay’s effort to embody creation as an act of worship. Gordon claims that the ultimate goal of spiritual and creative practices—which are evidently one and the same to him—is the total and perpetual loss of individuality, ego, and separateness.
FROM BLUE RASPBERRIES AND A SERMONBefore the sun hit its peak at high noon Gordon called us to gather around the St. Marco building square. He liked to deliver his unrehearsed sermons to us as the day built up to its steamiest moment. After half a hot day’s worth of work the insides of our heads felt like a clear broth, softly bubbling yet skimmed of the mental chatter that naturally comes with dawn.
