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2017

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Watercolor Wednesday: Streaks of Color

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artwork, Leo Boucher

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Watercolor Wednesdays

Though the trees are bare

The ground shades of brown

Yet resounding in the sky

Streaks of color

God’s beauty

For those with eyes to see

Glimpses of grace

Watercolor Wednesday – A River Runs Through It

Watercolor Wednesday: A picture for Lent by Leo Boucher

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I’m Amy and I love noticing God's nudges of grace in everyday life. I’m a writer, speaker, and spiritual director, and I look forward to connecting with you.

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My last batch of photos from the amazing @mccabepi

My last batch of photos from the amazing @mccabepilgrim pilgrimage/retreat to Iona! (I figure I’d better share these before I lead a retreat at Penhurst Retreat Centre next week...)

Such a wonderful time - so much so that I’ll be leading again next year (31 March to 5 April); more details to come from McCabe.

1. Iona Abbey is centuries old and so beautiful.
2. St Columba - his symbol is the dove.
3. The west coast of Iona - it’s not normally this calm...
4. The calm before Storm Kathleen!
5. Spring flowers are so glorious. I got to see another batch of daffodils, as the ones in London are long over.
6. You’d think you’re in the Caribbean with waters so clear and blue - but for the brisk and chilly wind!
7.-9. The ruins of the the Nunnery (some of the best preserved ruins, as Cromwell didn’t wield his destruction that far north).
10. SUCH a fun flight home. I was ‘that person’ who sat in the wrong seat (a row ahead of my assigned seat) upon boarding. The American whose seat I was in wasn’t very pleased, but it provided an opening to the father/daughter seating in the row behind me when I moved back. He was a fascinating guy to talk with - a pilot for private planes, with many famous clients whom he shared some fun stories about. As we were chatting I saw this fabulous person walking down the aisle and I exclaimed (I was a bit hyped up after the intense week): My favourite craftsman! Do you recognize Rob from “Sort Your Life Out” and “Interior Design Masters”? (Those who aren’t able to get BBC programmes, you won’t know him.) He was sitting in the aisle seat just behind me, and was so lovely to talk with - he’s just as nice and genuine as on TV. He shared some amazing stories too. I was delighted to fully embrace my enthusiastic American self and introduce Rob to Gregor the pilot. Such fun.

Releasing and receiving… a practice I embraced w

Releasing and receiving… a practice I embraced when on the island of Iona recently with fellow pilgrims.

I welcome you to select two stones and use them as a means of releasing to God something that is weighing on you – a burden, a relationship, etc. Throw it into the body of water and then receive whatever God has for you.

#pilgrimage #PrayerPractice @mccabepilgrim

How amazing to speak at @spurgeoncollege today, sh

How amazing to speak at @spurgeoncollege today, sharing about the life and ministry of Biddy and @oswaldchambers and @myutmost!

The connections to Charles Spurgeon are wonderful... Oswald's mother came to faith in Jesus through his preaching, and both she and her husband were baptized by this famous Baptist preacher. After the family moved down to London from Scotland when Oswald was 15, he and his father attended a meeting at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, hearing Spurgeon preach. On the way home, Oswald said to his dad, "I wish there would have been an opportunity to make a commitment for Christ at the meeting." Stopping under a lamppost, his dad said, "You can do it now, my boy!" And he did.

And the world has never been the same.

Lovely to be in a room full of world changers, encouraging them to, in Oswald and Biddy's words for today from My Utmost, "Get up and do it. Take yourself by the scruff of the neck and shake off your laziness."

Okay, so maybe I wasn't that direct!

Here I am with the wonderful principal, Rev Prof Philip McCormack, and my fellow director of the Oswald Chambers publications association, @charisa.g

You can read the devotional for free online!

More photos from Iona! Some of us took a boat trip

More photos from Iona! Some of us took a boat trip out to the island of Staffa to see the fascinating rock formations from the volcanos 59 million years ago. During nesting season the island hosts a lot of puffins - a desire of my heart to see. I knew we were probably too early to see them, and if you scroll through the photos you’ll see that I DID indeed see them - but from afar. They are a sea bird, after all, and only come to land for nesting and caring for their young.

The island is fascinating, puffins or not. It felt a bit precarious walking along the edge, knowing the one false move could result in dire consequences. Fair play to one of our group who was less mobile but determined to go to Fingal’s Cave, and to our @mccabepilgrim representative and another of the group who ensured she made it!

I loved my Iona experience so much that I’m leading another one next year! 31 March to 5 April; details to come on the McCabe website.

Photos:
1. Sea birds
2. We saw seals!
3. The island of Staffa.
4. Journeying to Fingal’s Cave is not for the faint-hearted.
5. Fingal’s Cave. Stunning! Mendelssohn visited in 1829 and it inspired his Hebrides’ overture.
6. Amazing views from the top.
7. I did see puffins!
8. Boat views.
9. The Abbey, Bishop’s House (on the left), and the white building in the background is our hotel - St Columba’s, which I totally recommend. Amazing food and hospitality.

Sharing my next newsletter this week with an Iona-

Sharing my next newsletter this week with an Iona-themed giveaway!

I bought this cute puffin pin/badge and these little pocket pebbles at the Iona Abbey shop. The pocket pebbles you can keep - yes - in your pocket as a reminder that God loves you and is with you.

I always make entering my giveaways very simple (just by replying to the email), so do join in - and not only for the giveaway but for the prayer practices I share each month.

Sign up in the link in bio.

#newsletter #giveaway #Iona

A highlight during our recent @mccabepilgrim trip

A highlight during our recent @mccabepilgrim trip to Iona was the boat trip to Staffa. Just wow! The Vertical rocks you see were created by volcanoes like 59 million years ago. And yes, it was scary to walk along that little passageway on the edge of the rocks.

Join me in reveling in God‘s creation for a minute, while taking in these glories.

I loved going to Iona so much that I’m going to do it again next year! Maybe you could come in person too? First week of April… See my website site for more details.

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