May 2013

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

How do we get introduced to ourselves?  How do we identify the gifts in us that make us who we really are? We try very hard to stuff ourselves into places where there is no fit. Often we do this to make someone else happy. In John Bunyan’s book – “Pilgrim’s Progress”- the traveler leaves his […]

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Journey

A journey of a thousand steps is taken one step at a time. By the time you reach the ocean, you can be in really good shape and also, very tired. You can’t walk over the ocean, you have to either swim, or get a boat. I personally want to find a good boat, as

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A Sweet Moment

Another sweet moment in Nairn……I have come to Mosh’s Café in the mornings here to connect with wifi and drink coffee. Mosh’s is located on Main Street in Nairn.  It’s a pleasant walk in the morning. Eline, the woman who works here, is friendly and sweet and has a cool accent. I have observed Scottish accents

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Another Thin Place

This morning, while wandering around the little town of Portree, I found a lovely (wee) path, which led into a stone, fenced churchyard.  The yard itself was overgrown and run down. There was one enormous tree in the center of that quiet space which sang a melancholy, ancient song to all the graves, which randomly populated the

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Almost Nine

It is nearly 9:00. I am sitting outside a little bakery with a cup of coffee and morning school traffic straggling by. There are so many people in this world and so many stories which are written already. I would like to read them. This morning, there are lots of people, all going somewhere, all thoroughly

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Thin Places

                As I sit here in front of my little Scottish cabin, I am watching the morning light win its battle against the low cloud cover trying to maintain its dominance over this day.  Right now, I feel as if nothing can rob me of this precious light.  It is

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