- Jul 18, 2022
We Made It!
Five hundred miles and 52 days after setting out from St. Jean Pied de Port in France, we arrived today at the Cathedral of Santiago de...
- Jul 15, 2022
Eyes to See
We finished our 49th day today… seven weeks since we started walking. We’re almost there; we have about 30 miles to go before arriving in...
- Jul 9, 2022
Brothers & Sisters on the Way
I feel as if I’m walking within a great congregation. It includes pilgrims walking now and those who walked before us, back to the ninth...
- Jul 1, 2022
Pushing through
Sometimes when we can see a daunting climb ahead, we have to fight discouragement, as we did leaving Castrojeriz a few days ago: About...
- Jun 16, 2022
No More “Or”
At the risk of spamming you with new-post emails, here’s a prayer for the day I read just after posting, and I can’t resist… Peace and...
- Jun 16, 2022
Early Starts
It is good to get an early start each day, especially during a current heat wave, when the temp gets to 90 by noon. And so we leave by...
- Jun 11, 2022
Messages
Sometimes we see messages along the way that help us re-member the heart of this project, which more and more seems like a compression of...
- Jun 8, 2022
Encountering the Sacred
We stayed at an albergue Sunday night run by a Dutch Christian community based on experiencing holy love directly, beyond creed and...
- Jun 4, 2022
Albergues
Spanish people along the Camino have been helping pilgrims for over a thousand years. It is part of their culture. One feature of this is...
- Jun 3, 2022
Mount of Forgiveness
From Pamplona on Wednesday we climbed over the Alto de Perdón (Mount of Forgiveness) with its iconic sculpture of pilgrims on the way. I...
- Jun 1, 2022
Over the Pyrenees!
We have made good progress since setting out Saturday, having arrived in Pamplona today, about 44 miles from our start in St. Jean Pied...
- May 27, 2022
Beginning
We arrived this morning at the beginning… the lovely little town of St. Jean Pied de Port (foot of the pass… over the mountains to Spain)....
- May 22, 2022
Lovely sendoff
Sitting at the airport, feeling deep thanks to our congregation for such a lovely sendoff this morning, with a beautiful rendition of...
- May 8, 2022
Mother’s Day Wonder
A short walk, with hills, and a short stop in the forest, and this: Landscape draws us in to ourselves, one body born of mother earth,...
- May 7, 2022
About Pilgrim Wonder
For seven weeks, from May 28 to July 16, my wife Cynthia and I are walking the Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago) in northern Spain,...