Visited palace of the Popes in Avignon, France. Magnificent views and stunning waste of wealth. Came home to twilight at the place where Van Gogh painted “Starry Night” – a view of our riverside home.
Tag: Spirituality
Sabbatical Day 65 – 17th Day of Ordinary Time – Arles, France
We spent day acquainting ourselves with ancient Arles, our home away from home (top right corner of apartment facing the river). A wonderful city with charm and quiet.
Sabbatical Day 64 – 16th Day of Ordinary Time – (Lyon) / Arles, France
A good day spent in Vieux (Old) Lyon walking the streets once trod by Peter Valdo, founder of the Waldensian spiritual movement.
Sabbatical Day 59 – 11th Day of Ordinary Time – Paris, France
Good day walking around Paris, seeing old friend Scott Herr, Pastor of the American Church. Thoroughly battered feet by day’s end!
Sabbatical Day 58 – 10th Day of Ordinary Time – Paris, France
Arrived in Paris and shook off jetlag with a walk to the memorial to Jill’s Great Uncle Volney Wilson and other american flyers who joined the Lafayette Escadrille in WWI. Then we walked through the city of light before settling in for our first night in Europe.
Sabbatical Day 52 – 4th Day of Ordinary Time – (Elgin, MN) (Norway, MN) Libertyville, Illinois
A day of discovery into a lost branch of my family in Elgin. Seeing a church where two generations were married and a field first plowed by my Norwegian pioneer 2nd Great Grandfather.
Sabbatical Day 51 – 3rd Day of Ordinary Time – (Canby, Fortier, Granite Falls) Rochester, Minnesota
Updated – A day driving into the drifts to find the grave of my family civil war veteran and homesteads of pioneer forbears before driving toward Elgin, Minnesota and passing through Norseland.
Sabbatical Day 50 – 2nd Day of Ordinary Time – Granite Falls, Minnesota
Making friends and talking about Yellow Medicine County history in the Granite Grinder.
Sabbath Day 49 – Baptism of the Lord – (Luverne) Granite Falls, Minnesota
Wonderful day of worship with my grandmother and people that remembered my father growing up. Took a photo of the church sign across the street from the home in which my father was raised.
Sabbatical Day 48 – 2nd Day after Epiphany – Luverne, Minnesota
Wintry drive through two laned snowy highways to my Grandmother, Esther. A wonderful dinner and reunion.
Sabbatical Day 47 – 1st Day after Epiphany – Collegeville, Minnesota
Helpful spiritual direction and a last full day with the brothers at St. John’s Abbey
Sabbatical Day 46 – Epiphany of the Lord – Collegeville, Minnesota
Establishing the rhythm of prayer morning, noon, and night with the brothers. Scripture and prayer in silence and unity.
Brian R. Paulson 