An Unusual Easter
There is nothing “normal” or “typical” about Holy Week and Easter this year. COVID-19 has messed with our “usual” ways of experiencing...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Mar 25, 2020
- 5 min
Perfect Prayers
Do you ever wonder how to pray? I sure do. That’s especially true when I am confused or worried, when the situation is too complex to...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
Valentine's Day Red
Why is red the color of choice for the commercial and cultural celebration of St. Valentine’s Day? Some suggest that, since red enhances...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Jul 26, 2019
- 6 min
In Our Churches: Making the Main Thing the Main Thing
#mainthing #Christcrucified #Jesus #churchminitry #coventrycathedral #shipsofheaven Saint Michael’s Parish Church of Coventry, located in...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Feb 12, 2019
- 7 min
Simple Theology
#Whatdoyoubelieve #TrustingGod #Holy Simple Theology My heart is not proud, LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Dec 12, 2018
- 8 min
The Hope of Christmas Bells -- A Carol for Our Time
#Christmas#Christmascarols#hope#hatred#Longfellow# Like millions of others, I watched and listened to portions of the funeral service for...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Oct 18, 2018
- 8 min
Simplicity Is Not Downsizing
#downsizing #simplicity #spiritualformation #onething Like so many before me, one thing that retirement did was force me (and my wife,...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Oct 3, 2018
- 4 min
Love in Questions
#questions #love #askinggoodquestions I just finished a book by Alice Fryling called Seeking God Together (IVP. © 2009) about the kinds...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Sep 28, 2018
- 1 min
Contemplative Photography - The Beauty of Imperfection
Christine Valters Paintner in her book Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice talks about the beauty of the...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Sep 26, 2018
- 3 min
Confession of a Guilty Pray-er
#prayer, #attentive to God, In the long run, prayer is not about formulas, lists and methods. It’s about being with God and God being...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Sep 3, 2018
- 9 min
A Time When Jesus Goes from Preaching to Meddling
Jesus said to them, “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” And He continued, “You have a fine...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Aug 26, 2018
- 4 min
Who am I? Who are you?
I heard a good word this morning. It first came in a message shared by a pastor-friend who posed the question “Who am I?” at the...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Aug 8, 2018
- 2 min
Love ... Pray ... Forgive ...
God’s will for our lives and how we live toward others ... even those we find hard to deal with? It’s clear. Not simple but clear. Love...
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Celtic Christian Pilgrim
- Jul 15, 2018
- 1 min
We Can't Control the Wind -- As Much as We Try!
I read something recently that was so very freeing. Exploding mythes we tell ourselves of the "way they ought to be" rather than the way...
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