Iona – a reflection
In August 2021 I wrote a reflection featuring Iona, we had just started the third wave of Covid, the Delta variant. I never thought I would still be writing reflections let alone revisiting Iona. But here we are!
Iona is a tiny and beautiful island, barely 3 miles long, off the west coast of the Isle of Mull. Columba and his 12 monks landed on the island in 563AD and established a simple religious community. From Iona Columba and his followers set out to evangelise much of Scotland. It became the cradle of Christianity in Scotland. Over the centuries it became a centre of Celtic learning and an important centre for European Christianity.
