Missional Wisdom Foundation Pilgrimage Preparation

Endings are important.

Dear Pilgrim,

You may not think that you deserve that title.

Journey is a word that carries intention. It would seem overblown to claim that you were going to journey to the grocery store or Target.

In 2020 and 2021 we engaged in two “socially distant” pilgrimages. While it is my great joy to be returning to Iona, Scotland, UK, this year with a new group of pilgrims, I am pretty enamored with our Wisdom for the Way pilgrimages.

Belief is hard. In my life as an adult seeking to live spiritually, I have found that defining what I believe to be frustrating, circular, and changeable.

Each Saturday, I sit down with my sister-in-law and plan our household’s meals for the upcoming week.

Do you believe in Moments? Times when all the tumblers of life line up, and you feel the snick of the Divine pouring through the fabric of what was a normal day.

Honestly, if you look at the bones of pilgrimage, it is not terribly complicated. Prepare, journey, arrival, return, re-enter. This can’t possibly be all there is to it. That could describe any trip.

Where would you be willing to go if you weren’t sure of what would meet you there?

The active work of Pilgrimage begins with the decision to go.