Hello Fellow Spiritual Traveler
Welcome to Spiritual Traveler Guides. Come along with me and other spiritual travelers as we consciously focus on experiencing the spiritual during our travels. Spiritual Traveler Guides is designed not only to inspire you to embark on spiritual journeys of your own, but to provide the practical guidance and resources that help you incorporate the spiritual and transformative into each journey that you make. Our mission: “Nourishing your soul and spirit wherever you roam…” And remember, not all who wander are lost.
–Mary Montgomery, Writer, Author, Explorer
THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER BLOG
Rituals of Spring
As I write this the crocuses are blooming in profusion outside my kitchen door. Spring is here in spite of a forecast that includes 3-6 inches of snow here in southwestern Michigan. This has inspired me to explore the rituals of springtime and renewal. When I was a...
Lessons from Birds in Winter
Some people retire to the sun belt. But not me! I have moved to the snow belt on the other side of the lake. My beautiful Chicago two-flat sold and the closing was on December 22nd. Now I am officially a full time Michigan resident. My lovely summer home near South...
Thanksgiving Eve & Pie Night at Zumbro
It is Thanksgiving 2015 and I am spending it as I have for the last handful of years with my relatives in the city of Mayo, Rochester, Minnesota. Each year, I join in the tradition of going my cousin and her husband to the Thanksgiving Eve service at their church,...
INSPIRATION
I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God. I think you are free to search for any metaphor whatsoever which will take you across the worldly divide whenever you need to be transported or comforted.
I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.