Going on a Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is defined as a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.  It often entails traveling a great distance.  It carries with it the expectation of enlightenment, change, transformation. 

"Pilgrims do not bring decisions with them.  They come to seek prayerfully the decisions God wants them to make.:  The Rt. Rev. Sueheil Salman Dawan, Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem.

I am soon to embark on a pilgrimage, but as I do not feel I have the depth of spirituality that is often associated with one who becomes a pilgrim, my journey will include play. I DO, however, expect my spirituality to significantly deepen as I trek Iona.  I confess that my Kindle, along with books and films associated with religion and spirituality, also contains novels and movies.  

I'm off to pilgrimage and play on the Isle of Iona, Scotland.

Iona (Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland.  It was a center of Irish monasticism for four centuries and is today renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty.  With its approximate size of one mile by one and one-half mile, it is a walking island.  No cars allowed on Iona.  

We shall park the car in the town of Fionnphort, and take the 5-minute ferry across to Iona, where we shall stay for a week.