Formation on the Road

Maggie Niles, Grace Church, Honesdale What a lucky find I had recently. Jack Jazreel writing in Oneing, a publication of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, NM, makes some helpful observations for those of us considering and reconsidering...

Unexpected Pilgrimage

Maggie Niles, Grace Church, Honesdale I was on the road and nearing Damascus, when suddenly about midday a great light flashed from the sky all around me, and I fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice saying to me, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” I answered,...

Holy Places

Maggie Niles, Grace Church, Honesdale For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations. Isaiah 56:7 I wonder what “my house” looks like to God. Variations come flooding in. First of all, I bet the definition of “house” is very elastic, and I bet a “house...

Pilgrimage Visit

Maggie Niles, Grace Church, Honesdale About this time Mary set out and went straight to a town in the uplands of Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby stirred in her womb. Then Elizabeth was...

Open to the Spirit

Maggie Niles, Grace Church, Honesdale Then the angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Start out and go south to the road that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza,” (This is the desert road). So he set out and was on his way when he caught sight of an Ethiopian....