Reflections on Roger’s and Jeri’s pilgrimage, begun on June 26, 2023.
Here, Bambi!
Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps
At about 7:15 p.m. yesterday Jeri and I were sitting at a picnic table near the lakeshore. This little guy toddled out of the underbrush and peered at us, wide-eyed, for 3-4 minutes.
Well folks, we are signing off. The pilgrimage is complete. It's been quite an adventure. Grammy's garden is overgrown. It needs some TLC, and, God willing, we will tend it soon. Our travel trailer will be parked in storage for a while. The necessary things now in the trailer will be moved back into our "house without wheels." While on pilgrimage we've noticed where, when, and in whom we have "seen" Jesus. We have listened for "invitations" to serve and have responded to them. We have watched for the beauty, dignity, and worth in people, places, and things and have reflected the same beauty, dignity, and worth back to those people, places, and things. This pilgrimage ends. We carry its blessings with us, as we settle into our home place. May we go on another pilgrimage? That is yet to be discerned. Thanks to all. Appreciation to all. Love to all.
After spending January, 2025, camping in Florida, Roger and Jeri take two days to tow to Blue Lake Camp, near Andalusia, Alabama. Enjoying unseasonably warm weather, Roger helps to lead a four-day spiritual direction training event. Taking a couple of days to tow to Vicksburg, Mississippi, winter weather returns with a vengeance. The National Military Park at Vicksburg preserves the earthworks, artifacts, and history of the Siege of Vicksburg, during the American Civil War. Given our nation's current state of political and cultural dysfunction, the messages of the many monuments in the park seem especially poignant. Here are some photos of the Illinois Memorial, taken in the park: It's noteworthy that the seal of the State of Illinois closely resembles the seal of the United States of America. Whereas the motto on the Illinois seal reads, "National Union-State Sovereignty," our national seal's motto reads, "E Pluribis Unum," which translates to "Ou...