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Iona: Three Years Later

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 / conniesedona317 / 18 Comments

It's been three years since I was preparing for my first solo journey abroad-- my trip to Iona, Scotland. I wondered then how my week-long retreat at The Abbey, an ancient pilgrimage site, would impact me later. Our theme for the week, "The Pilgrimage of Life" had been part of what drew me. Throughout those … Continue reading Iona: Three Years Later

Live Boldly!

September 28, 2019 / conniesedona317 / 7 Comments

This past week I was nostalgic, thinking of the last week of September in 2017 when I was in Iona, Scotland. Each day I've remembered what our group of forty retreat participants were doing. There are things that I learned there that have stayed with me. That Saturday before we checked in at the Abbey, … Continue reading Live Boldly!

Serendipitous Friend: Treasure from Iona

September 14, 2019 / conniesedona317 / 1 Comment

Over the past few days, I've felt a longing for Iona, Scotland. It has been two years since I traveled there on my Solo Journey, the first to an international pilgrimage site. I chose that island located in the Inner Hebrides to attend a week at The Abbey. There I joined forty other participants in … Continue reading Serendipitous Friend: Treasure from Iona

The Stranger on the Bus

April 25, 2018 / conniesedona317 / 6 Comments

We stood at the West Tisbury shuttle bus stop on a Saturday afternoon in Martha’s Vineyard.  I’d been experiencing that island in Massachusetts for the first time, staying in a hostel for $27.00 a night—the only way I could afford that expensive place.  I’d enjoyed the morning at the Farmer’s Market at the Grange Hall … Continue reading The Stranger on the Bus

Things You Leave Behind

December 31, 2017 / conniesedona317 / 9 Comments

It's New Year's Eve and I'm remembering that day in September when I stood with the others on the shore of Iona Sound.  All forty-one of us from the Abbey were invited to take a pilgrimage to all the important sites on the island.  That portion of the beach was where St. Columba and his … Continue reading Things You Leave Behind

Enlarge My Territory

November 29, 2017 / conniesedona317 / Leave a comment

The day after I was fired from The Research Company, I packed my suitcase for our family vacation at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.  I was in a state of shock, thinking that for the first time in my adult life, I had no job to return to.  My husband, David came in and handed me … Continue reading Enlarge My Territory

Sinners and Saints

November 1, 2017 / conniesedona317 / 6 Comments

Pilgrims have traveled to Iona, Scotland for centuries to the Abbey founded by Saint Columba.  But before he was seen as a saint, he was recognized as a sinner for leading his Irish clan in a battle where three thousand died.  He is every man and every woman; all of us with our shadow side … Continue reading Sinners and Saints

Then Sings My Soul

October 25, 2017 / conniesedona317 / 10 Comments

I lost myself in our conversation, feeling it was more important to be present in that moment than to be on time for the service.  When I finally pushed open the Iona chapel door, I heard the piano playing, the congregants singing a song that was familiar from another place.  Tears splashed my eyes as … Continue reading Then Sings My Soul

Bringing Home the Boon

October 18, 2017 / conniesedona317 / Leave a comment

It’s been over two weeks since I returned from my pilgrimage to Iona.  I’ve often thought of the people from our community at the Abbey, remembering their faces and snippets of conversations.  I can feel the chill of that early morning air and remember the fierce wind that was sometimes mixed with rain.  When I … Continue reading Bringing Home the Boon

Fall Tapestry

October 15, 2017 / conniesedona317 / 2 Comments

October is a month of fall festivals and breast cancer awareness.  Yesterday, both came together when I attended the Big Foot Festival near my hometown of Sanford.  I don’t know a lot about Big Foot, but I went to support my friend, Donna, who’d organized the event as a fund raiser for clean water efforts.  … Continue reading Fall Tapestry

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