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July 2014

July 30, 2014
(Below is Part 2 of my Mesa Verde reflections; Part 1 is here) My recent...
July 24, 2014
In my travels around the world I've learned that most spiritual sites have layers upon...

June 2014

June 25, 2014
Did I get your attention with that headline? The catchy phrase comes from a digital initiative...
June 18, 2014
It's not the cheeriest of thoughts, but isn't it interesting how many spiritual sites are connected...
June 06, 2014
Let me begin with a few quotes. Can you guess who said them? "Success is the ability to...

May 2014

May 23, 2014
You might think that this picture was taken in Ireland or Scotland, places well-known for their...

April 2014

April 28, 2014
Today's post is a sermon I gave yesterday at my home church, Trinity Episcopal in...
April 20, 2014
Today I want to tell you about Ryumonji, a Zen monastery near Decorah, Iowa. That...
April 15, 2014
Scott Samuelson teaches philosophy at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa. I've long known him as...
April 07, 2014
For many centuries, the practice of lectio divina--close, meditative reading of holy texts--has been one...

March 2014

March 20, 2014
If you've ever dreamed of going on pilgrimage (and if you're reading The Holy Rover,...
March 09, 2014
At last we come to the end of our Holy Rover tour of northern Europe....

February 2014

February 23, 2014
Today's post is by guest-blogger Bob Sessions: “I have always depended on the kindness of...
February 16, 2014
Are you up for one last post on Hildegard of Bingen? I wrote the following...
February 09, 2014
Today we cross the Rhine River (it only takes about five minutes by ferry) to...
February 02, 2014
I love this sign, don't you? I've traveled to a lot of holy places, but...

January 2014

January 28, 2014
Today we come to Bingen, Germany, home to one of the most remarkable women in history....
January 23, 2014
Today's post is by guest-blogger Bob Sessions: Unlike the Holy Rover, I had no official assignments...
January 10, 2014
Today's post begins with a literary mea culpa. I've written a number of travel articles...

December 2013

December 22, 2013
Before our son Carl left for his study-abroad semester in Belgium, I played a trick...
December 15, 2013
Before leaving Belgium we need to make a brief visit to Bruges, one of the...
December 08, 2013
Before we leave Leuven, Belgium, there’s someone I want you to meet: Father Damien, who...
December 01, 2013
The long silence on The Holy Rover is a result of a trip my husband...

October 2013

October 28, 2013
Image courtesy of Walter Anderson Museum of ArtSometimes holy places are easy to find, and...
October 13, 2013
(Today's post is a sermon I gave yesterday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City,...

September 2013

September 29, 2013
I enjoy my work, but if there's one job I envy it's the one held...
September 25, 2013
Have I mentioned before that I enjoy visiting Virgin Mary shrines? (Insert smile here.) As...
September 16, 2013
In my last post I wrote about my personal connection to Bear Butte in South...
September 08, 2013
When I started writing this post, my first thought was, “Surely I’ve told them about...
September 02, 2013
The place I'm going to tell you about today, unfortunately, takes the prize for Worst-Named...
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