It is very apparent from the written and oral records that contemplative prayer was a massively important piece of early Celtic Christianity. This need for constant communication with the divine is still seen in the modern Celtic Spiritual movement. Prayer could be considered the kindling of life. Before there is a useful fire, there must be kindling to start it. And in the Celtic life, the day, the chores, the very living of life had to be started with the... Read more
In our country where literacy rates are very high we often times forget how the ability to read is a relatively new concept. For the Celtic followers of Christ around the time of St. Patrick, the use of words to describe events or spiritual matters were reserved for the ruling elite. This class is also known as the Druids. The ruling class possessed Ogham lettering, a form of language that involved straight lines carved into wood. This changed after interactions... Read more
As a Faith Group, We have Exchanged the Responsibilities of the Gospel for Political Power As early in our nation’s history as the Civil War, the American Church began to shed its Gospel responsibilities in favor of comfort and power. During the Civil War, many Baptist preachers traveled the country, speaking on slavery being biblical. Did they do this out of love for the scripture and the desire to follow it? No, it was done to consolidate the churches... Read more
St. Brigid of Ireland was born, according to tradition, near Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland in 450AD and died around 525AD in Kildare, Ireland. February 1st is the feast day of Saint Brigid, one of the patron saints of Ireland. It is true that much of Brigid’s life is surrounded in myth and folklore, but that does not take away from the valuable lessons and stories that have been passed down in Celtic tradition from Brigid. Brigid, according to legend, was the... Read more
God Guide Me (The Carmina Gadelica) “God guide me with thy wisdom God chastise me with thy justice God help me with they mercy God protect me with thy strength God Fill me with thy fullness God shield me with they shade God fill me with thy grace For the sake of thine anointed Son Jesu Christ of the seed of David Visiting One of the temple Sacrificial Lamb of the garden Who died for me” God Communicates Through... Read more
In order to see just how quiet American Christianity is keeping sexual abuse hidden in the church requires only one google search: Ravi Zacharias. I put the name in a google search to research this discussion, and as I put the name in, I was given the usual 35 suggestions for what I was looking for. The searches were about apologetics, defense of the faith, his biography, his death and even his wife. None of these searches included the word... Read more
It can not be denied that social and governmental shifts in the world around us affect the Body of Christ. This has occurred in the Christian faith since its beginnings. It was the government of Palestine that convicted Jesus of blasphemy. It was the Roman Government who sentenced Jesus to death. The societal shift after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 70 caused the church as we understand it today to leave the synagogues and form... Read more
Like many I was shocked at the January 6 riot at the capitol. But a picture caught my eye in particular that contained a hallmark associated with Celtic Spirituality. On a white cloth, being carried as a QAnon flag was a Celtic Cross. This sight took me by surprise and shocked me into the reality that a symbol of my faith was being hijacked. This is a major concern, since I am finding more and more that there is little... Read more
Thoughts of a Modern Celtic Wanderer
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