Way In

At the Missional Wisdom Foundation we are committed to nurturing communities who promote spiritual growth and neighborly love.

Denise CraneAugust 27, 2024Theme LVII, The Signs of the Way, Pilgrimage, Contemplative Stance, contemplative stance, Denise CraneComment

Re-Entry: Repeat

The thing about breathing is that it repeats as long as life endures.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJuly 15, 2024Learning to Breathe, Theme LV, PilgrimageComment

Return: Expiration

What is the purpose of breathing?

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJuly 15, 2024Learning to Breathe, Theme LV, PilgrimageComment

Arrival: Exchange

Breathing is a never ending task. The average human breathes between twelve and twenty-two times per minute

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJuly 15, 2024Learning to Breathe, Theme LV, PilgrimageComment

Journey: Inspiration

My pilgrimage mantra is a breath prayer. As I breathe in, I chant, "I am here," and, as I breathe out, I chant, "Here I am."

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJuly 15, 2024Learning to Breathe, Theme LV, PilgrimageComment

Preparation: Need

The trigger for the body to breathe is not a need for oxygen, it is a build up of carbon dioxide. It isn't a need for something,

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJuly 15, 2024Learning to Breathe, Theme LV, PilgrimageComment

The Isle of Stillness

We just arrived at the Isle of Iona. Words cannot describe what my eyes are attempting to capture.

Inter-Theme, SpotlightAndrea LingleAugust 9, 2023Pilgrimage, ionaComment

Jim Oglesby: On Iona

Although there are many memorable moments when one goes on a spiritual pilgrimage to Iona, two stand out in my mind from my recent experience.

Inter-Theme, SpotlightMissional Wisdom FoundationAugust 2, 2023iona, PilgrimageComment

Making a Connection

Some things seems impossible. Like getting a golden retriever’s hair out of the carpet of a mini van or explaining why.

The Flow of Love

What is the connection between grace, love, pilgrimage, and a tire sitting at the top of a slide?

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 23, 2023Theme XLVII, Potential Grace, Pilgrimage, Grace, God is loveComment

Prevenient Love

Pilgrimage begins with preparation.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 16, 2023Theme XLVII, Potential Grace, PilgrimageComment

The Potential of Grace

The playground on the south side of the church where my children’s violin teacher rents a studio features a corkscrew slide and brightly painted used tires arranged on one end as an obstacle course.

When You Can Say Never

The names in the following haven’t been changed to protect the innocent. No one in the following is innocent.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalJim HunterMarch 21, 2023The Samaritan's Friend, Lent, Lent Incarnate, Incarnational Study, PilgrimageComment

The Look

What would your theology be in one, simple sentence?

Have Mercy

In Luke, chapter 18, Jesus tells a story about two men praying in the synagogue. One is reminding himself, and God, that he is living the good life.

Jim HunterFebruary 28, 2023Theme XLVI, Lent Incarnate, The Samaritan's Friend, Pilgrimage, Incarnational StudyComment

Want to Come

The first chapter of The Samaritan’s Friend is my retelling of the marriage at Cana; the wedding recounted in John, chapter two, where the water gets turned into wine.

Missional Wisdom FoundationFebruary 21, 2023Theme XLVI, Lent Incarnate, The Samaritan's Friend, Pilgrimage, Incarnational StudyComment

A Good Ending

Endings are important.

Dear Pilgrim

Dear Pilgrim,

You may not think that you deserve that title.

Commuting to Love

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.

It Begins with Intention and Preparation

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.