a few years ago i went on retreat with chris goan and aoradh community to an uninhabited scottish island. it was a fabulous trip and they are off again this weekend to a western isle. i must go back!
chris has posted a series of 12 dispatches/short poems that he wrote and has posted on cliff tops at the start of such retreats. they are totally wonderful both for retreat and/or pilgrimage. the reason i have added them on pilgrimage is that i happen to have a series on the go for that and they seem to connect with the wild places and wild spirituality akin to the irish pilgrimage.
here's the first and go here to find all twelve...
There are rumours-
Like smoke signals blurred in desert wind
They sayHe is here
Not in metaphor
Not whipped up in the collective madness of charismata
Not just politely suggested by the high drama of religious ritual-Here
Sweating
Breathing
With mud on his shoes...
[worship trick 52, series 4]
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