by superadmin | Jun 7, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top The word pilgrimage is certainly evocative as those of us who have had a chance to focus on its import during this time of diocesan discernment have discovered. We think of journeys, whether to exotic locales or of...
by superadmin | Jun 6, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top optimyst@gmail.com Our busy lives might seem fulfilling. But filling up a life with the constant bustle of work, as housekeeper, gardener, chef, chauffeur, parent and spouse is not the same thing as spiritual...
by superadmin | Jun 4, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog, Uncategorized
Maggie Niles, Grace Church, Honesdale And now some men brought him a paralyzed man lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the man, ‘Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.’ At this some of the lawyers said to themselves, ‘This is blasphemous talk.’ Jesus...
by superadmin | Jun 3, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
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...
by superadmin | Jun 2, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
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,...
by superadmin | Jun 1, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
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...
