Today I prepare to leave for a pilgrimage to Iona with friends from The Haden Institute. We'll be following in the footsteps of so many Celtic saints and martyrs. Columba (known in Ireland as Columcille) took his own pilgrimage to Iona from Ireland in 563. May we be blessed by this prayer attributed to him. A Prayer of St. Columba Be a bright flame before me, O God a guiding star above me. Be a smooth path below me, a kindly shepherd behind me today, tonight, and for ever. Al

I have the honor to serve as worship leader for our Upper Room Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation retreat in Alabama. I plan and...

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Colmcille, the Irish monk who lived and walked in Ireland and then went across the sea and...

On these shores People prayed to the morning sun. On these shores People gathered food, repaired nets. On these shores People launched...

We enter the gates Of Clonmacnoise. Ahead of us are Centuries of life in the Spirit. You have a choice, the leader says, Go in pilgrim or...

I was a young adult preparing to visit Ireland when my great aunt Eileen shared this picture with me. Aunt Eileen had inherited the photo...

I am preparing to go on a pilgrimage with The Academy for Spiritual Formation. We'll be traveling to Ireland in early July, visiting...