Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 13: It was time to get off the ship today, literally and figuratively. The servers have noticed I’m the only one who comes to breakfast with his laptop and almost always orders water, even for dinner. I told one of the servers the first day that like a finely tuned […]
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 12: Sometimes one must take the bull by the horns, which I did today. With the cruise ship offering the obvious Loch Ness excursion where one is guaranteed not to see Nessie, or the trips to the nearby castles, which all start to look the same after a while, I
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 11: I’ve long had trouble with the labels “saint” and “martyr,” the former because it’s been used historically by churches in an unbiblical manner and the latter because It’s been used so broadly as to lose all significance. This blog long ago abandoned those labels for the phrase “Kingdom hero.”
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 10: On our UK Kingdom Travel Journal in 2018, we had as our post-humous guide the Venerable Bede via his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. On this trip, our post-humous guide is Adomnan of Iona via his Life of St Columba. Adomnan was the ninth abbot of Iona Abbey,
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 8: I’ve often said the existence keys are the best evidence we live in a fallen world. Keys are necessary to unlock locks, and locks are only necessary because people steal. In terms of such evidence city walls run a close second. We’ve seen many examples of city walls in
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 6: Today we transitioned from land to sea, car to ship. As we transitioned modes of transportation we also began the transition from the study of St. Patrick to other Christians who have changed the world. As we will see, though, Patrick’s influence was an ever expanding ripple in the
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 5: The emotional state of the GSB Team was much better today. I attribute that to no longer having to wear the sweatshirt I bought at the airport in Philadelphia that says “PHILADELPHIA” in big letters on the front. It was a constant reminder to the group of Day 1
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 4: After 3 days in the same clothes and with little rest, we were able to start this day rested, showered, and donning our new threads from Walmart. We were ready to immerse ourselves in all things St. Patrick. St. Patrick’s story is remarkable. In the early 400s A.D., Patrick
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I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. Philippians 4:12 Irish-Scotch Travel Journal Day – 2. The Apostle Paul was adaptable. That
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Irish-Scotch Travel Journal – Day 1: Travel does not always go as planned, but we on the GSB Team are experienced travelers. Little did we know, though, when we left home all that lay ahead on this day. When weather in New Jersey was threatening our connecting flight to Dublin, Ann and The Wife sprung
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