Comments on: friday five: post pilgrimage edition

By: Trace

Trace — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:20:36 +0000

Lovely. I am glad you were there.

By: Muthah

Muthah — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:34:55 +0000

Thanks for the questions. It was a lovely way to remember the wonderful places I have been. It was even more fun to be able to recall after a number of years what was special about those trips.

I loved Iona. I was there only there for 2 partial days and one night in 1995. But those days were blustery November just before the ferry stopped making daily trips. The light was awesome and I have some wonderful slides.

You should try to get to Lindesfarne sometime. It had a different flavor to it altogether even tho it has somewhat the same history. Cuthbert and all that!

Revmother, fear not, you will not forget this trip. Certain things will fade away and there will be things that you will remember always. You will remember what you need to.

By: Kelley

Kelley — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:34:06 +0000

Too much to think about with this Friday Five to answer in any depth…but two spiritual places come to mind for me:

-Ghost Ranch and the hikes up Pedernal, Chimney Rock and Kitchen Mesa have fed my soul many a time

-And a few select places in the Jemez mountains in New Mexico

I love rocks and sunshine on rocks. I love the pace of hiking (usually very slow) and the meditative rythymn it requires.

Wherever the pilgrimage, there is no doubt that I would need to be “without kids” to ever be still enough to listen.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:51:43 +0000

Ooooh. Hildegarde would be a great guide… I love LOVE the Anonymous 4 CD with some of her canticles on it…
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By: cpclergymama

cpclergymama — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:56:44 +0000

Beautiful is not the right word, but its the best word I have, Thanks for the FF, it was inspiring!

By: introspectreangel

introspectreangel — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:25:11 +0000

Oh! I completely forgot about Hildegard of Bingen! She’d be a FAR better companion that Zombie Thomas Becket.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:19:38 +0000

I’m very impressed that the influence of retreat on your return home is so benign…I seem to find that it makes me extra grumpy about mundane annoyances, so the list that you catalogued would have had me foaming at the mouth and throwing shoes around. I do hope that you continue to feel the benefit of your pilgrimage for a long time to come x

By: Presbyterian Gal

Presbyterian Gal — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:38:57 +0000

Iona looks beautiful. And thanks for the great list. I can’t write when I’m on trips for some reason. I admire you that you can.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:07:50 +0000

thank you… You’ve made me want to visit Iona, for one thing. And we do view ordinary life in a different way after being away… maybe it’s the luxury of being able to focus on these things…

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:39:22 +0000

Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? (however you choose to define the term)

It’s such a religion-specific word that I can’t answer yes, even with your disclaimer. There are things I do that may parallel it, though not on any kind of large scale since my boys arrived. I used to take off in some random direction in my truck, and end up in Death Valley or whatever. Now I just do stuff like this or this sometimes when I’m between contracts.

Share a place you’ve always wanted to visit on pilgrimage.

Nowhere in particular. I like to find out where I’m going when I get there.

If you could make a pilgrimage with someone (living, dead or fictional) as your guide, who would it be? (I’m about this close to saying “Besides Jesus.”

My wife and I used to have great road trips. We tried it with the boys. It doesn’t work. One of those would be nice.

Can you suggest any strategies for keeping that deep “mountaintop” perspective in the midst of everyday life?

Don’t have an everyday life.