The Sauntering Pilgrim

Notes, Ruminations, and Seeds of Contemplation

Ambrose Bierce

August 30, 2026

Devouring Delight

“When I found your words, I devoured them, and they became to me a joy and my heart’s delight” (Jer. 15:16a). How do you find God’s words? How do you approach the Bible? Some read it like a legal document, full of rules for behavior and threats of punishment for misbehavior. When W.C. Fields, who… Continue reading

Ruminations

Ambrose Bierce, bible, Clara Peller, Epictetus, eternal youth, faith, fountain of youth, Gilgamesh, God’s word, Herodotus, Immanuel Kant, living fully, looking for loopholes, Ponce de Leon, scripture, W.C. Fields, Where’s the beef?, William Alexander Percy
November 2, 2025

Like sparkles on the sunlit sea

Today we’re celebrating the Feast of All Saints. Frederick Buechner defined a saint as a handkerchief God occasionally drops in a holy flirtation with the world. I like that: saints as people whose way of living here entices others into a more conscious, intentional, and life-giving relationship with God. But I like the definition of… Continue reading

Ruminations

All Saints Day, All Saints Sunday, Ambrose Bierce, battles of faith, Camelot, Frederick Buechner, King Arthur, Pellinore, saint, Sir Tom of Warwick

About Me

Rich Neal is, in no particular order, a wordsmith and graphic designer; lover of typography, books, and publishing; photographer; contemplative; saunterer; and a retired and still-active pastor. He claims neither special wisdom nor particularly deep insight into life, only occasional glimpses of what lies behind the veil along the way. He shares them here in the hope of connecting the pieces of life’s puzzle that come to him in the journey and would consider it a gift if sharing them also connected him with others who travel an unmarked path toward the same unknown end.

Ambrose Bierce

Devouring Delight

Like sparkles on the sunlit sea