As the clock moves past midnight and on to Tuesday morning, I am preparing for my lectionary study group, knowing that tomorrow’s time will be a bit different. A colleague and friend was in a bicycle accident this last Thursday and has a broken collarbone and ribs. He has asked me for prayer [...]
Archive for the ‘Iona’ Category
Healing Prayers
Posted in Divine Hours, Iona, Lectionary, Prayer, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, St. Louis City, progressive church on June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Iona Longing
Posted in Iona, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, community on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At this time last May I was a resident in the Abbey on Iona. It is difficult to describe the longing, yearning I have for that place. This past Saturday, I was so intensely aware of the feeling on that Saturday a year ago when I first saw Iona and then walked from [...]
My Heart is on Iona
Posted in Iona, Sacred Spaces, Spiritual, Urban Church, community, progressive church on May 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At this time a year ago, I was on a sabbatical graciously funded by the Lilly Endowment. Dave and I were able to spend a month of that sabbatical time with communities of prayer and hospitality in the United Kingdom. Our three planned visits were 1) St. Botolph Aldgate Church in London, a [...]
