Pilgrimage Prayers

When I returned last week from 30 days of pilgrimage and vacation in Europe, I realized something. While I was there I had prayed multiple prayers of thanksgiving for the beauty of the world, the fabulous food, the wonderful companionship, and the careful planning of...

A Thin Place

Ireland is often described as a “thin place,” one of those physical but mystical locations on the planet where God and the Divine seem particularly close or accessible. The mind clears, the heart opens, and epiphanies occur unbidden in these places....

Ireland Expectations

For the next two weeks I will be in Ireland. My husband Andy, our friends Eyleen and Tom, and I have anticipated this trip for a year. We will drive around the southern half of the country for more than a week and end up in Galway for an eight-day pilgrimage with...