Comments on: Iona: A Thin Place

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:18:55 +0000

Thanks Katharine. I could probably blog forever about the trip but think I will just a do a few more then move on. I know illustrations will come up though in the future. Traveling does that, doesn’t it.

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:02:08 +0000

Thanks for the mention Anna and glad that post continues to linger with you. I know my pilgrimage continues to teach me. I left you a comment on your blog and tweeted it too. Happy Thanksgiving

By: Anna White

Anna White — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:43:54 +0000

Hi Jean, I wanted to let you know that I’ve continued to think about this post and thin places. I wrote about it on my blog today and linked back to you. Thanks again.

By: Katharine Barrett

Katharine Barrett — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:16:11 +0000

What a beautiful post! I am so enjoying all of your trip stories!

By: misssrobin

misssrobin — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:21:08 +0000

So much beauty and glory in this post. Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience. Your prayer and seeking was beautiful.

I have found that in order for any place to be a thin place I have to be prepared myself. I have to be seeking.

Happy Sharefest. I hope you have a lovely weekend.

By: soulstops

soulstops — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:23:12 +0000

Thanks…so appreciated 🙂

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:18:44 +0000

ok all out war for you and this lingering bug you have. lots of prayers now and the next coming days!!! May you get some rest and good health this weekend!

By: soulstops

soulstops — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:25:10 +0000

Thanks for your prayers: I went to my small group & an event for our girl yesterday, and now I feel like I took a step backwards…prayers to avoid antibiotics would be greatly appreciated…hoping to make it to a labyrinth once I’m better…blessed weekend to you, dear one 🙂

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:38:13 +0000

Thank you for your kind comments and the award. How awesome. I did go to your site and answer them very thought provoking. enjoyed meeting you this way.

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:23:56 +0000

I do hope you revisit the blog again. I too am a journaled and find it such a good spiritual practice. Writing this blog does that too – when I wrote this post, it was like I was experiencing that while trip again. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:22:34 +0000

Hi Dolly. Glad you are starting to feel better. I have been praying for you! When the weather changes is always a sicky time for many people. Something told me you would know about labyrinths. I have walked several and most of the time, have heard God deeply. Neat way to center isn’t it? Have a great weekend and keep on the mend!

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:20:47 +0000

Hi Roberta. Thank you for commenting. Iona has long been on my bucket list and I didn’t think I would ever get there. It is really off the beaten tract but God is good and the opportunity opened. I am grateful.

By: Lisa Maria

Lisa Maria — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:17:30 +0000

Hello Jean

What a beautiful post and lovely pictures. I do envy you…I hope someday to visit these places that have always had a place in my heart.

I wanted to let you know that I have nominated you for the Leibster Award. If you choose to accept it please follow the link for the details:

http://shinebrightlyforjesus.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-than-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about.html

God bless!

By: Anna White

Anna White — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:48:36 +0000

I love the pictures you included here and the discussion of thin places. I bookmarked to come back to later. I want to journal about this-where are the places where heaven meets earth. Thank you.

By: soulstops

soulstops — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:22:48 +0000

oh, so happy to read how God met you in a special way through your time walking the labyrinth…your words and photos make me long to go there…the first time I walked a labyrinth last year in another town, I was skeptical but it was so special and now I love labyrinths…miss it…hmm…thanks for your prayers…slightly less congested today, and I made it to my small group but I did not hug anyone…Hugs to you, Jean 🙂

By: Roberta Hiday

Roberta Hiday — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:00:22 +0000

Great post. love the seaweed labyrinth. Iona is on my “must” list….hopefully soon….thanks for the honesty…

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:22:32 +0000

Most of the time that I have walked a labyrinth, I have heard God in a new way. Not always but most so I encourage you to try this practice someday. Yes, yes you can find thin places in the ordinary – in fact I think that is a wonderful thin place that so many of us ignore or are blind to. Thanks for commenting today!

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:20:32 +0000

Sandra, this trip filled me in so many ways. I am grateful for the experience.

Walking a labyrinth has been a great spiritual practice for me. Most of the time, not all, I heard God in a new way with this practice.

I just have to get to the Laity Lodge someday. It sure does sound like a Thin Place to me.

By: Courtney Buxton

Courtney Buxton — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:55:58 +0000

I’ve never walked through a labyrinth, but now I want to. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. I like the idea of thin places. I often feel closest to God in the most ordinary situations: in my home, talking to my husband, being with my children. I’ve been to great cathedrals overseas, I expected to feel something powerful. Sometimes I did, but more often it was when I stepped outside that I really felt God. It is in the simple spots – the natural cathedral of the beach, in your story – where I feel God most intensely.

By: Sandra Heska King

Sandra Heska King — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:45:01 +0000

He speaks in a different frequency...

I've never walked a labyrinth. Someday. My thin places? Almost anywhere outside, but especially anywhere where sky and water meet, or surrounded by woods. Or most recently--Laity Lodge.