A Mug from Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne, otherwise known as Holy Island, is another of special (or 'thin') places which has become a place of pilgrimage. In 635 Aidan came from Iona and founded a monastery on Lindisfarne, and so the Christian message has gone out fronm there for centuries.

This mug, which I bought when we holidayed there in 2011, serves as a reminder of our opportunity to explore the island and, as we did so, I reflected on its long Christian history.

It gets me wondering, in all sorts of places, about the saints who have gone before - and I wonder, too, what are the little actions that we can take for God that may have ripples so much greater than we expect or imagine.