Publicly displayed words (sometimes offered subtly — sometimes not so much) filled with justice &/or compassion-laden Truth are always gifts properly given, and I was blessed with a plethora of blank canvases — like the ones provided by Ken McKinney’s church (seen below) — upon which to paint & portray the same along the entirety […]
Our greatest accomplishments are actually often found in our “smallest” of deeds, for only we know the true difficulty faced while enlivening the former — regardless of how trivial or meaningless the same might seem. And so it was on this particular evening, an evening when I found an unopened bag of vegan potato chips […]
Enlightenment knows that there is no particular place we ever need to go; that we have actually all been called to delve deeply into the places we already are … Enlightenment knows that there is nothing particular we need to do; that we have actually all been called to selflessly work to bring others Peace […]
The Swiss way-marking crew misleads me again this morning (by this point the trail-signage has been so consistently poor &/or incorrectly placed that I am almost convinced that there must be a hidden Swiss candid-camera crew on hand that is filming and making fun of my and my fellow pilgrims’ quite understandable exclamations of frustration […]
The going was thick and slow on this day, and I found myself wondering (somewhat negatively, I freely admit) about the stark lack of Meaning-full interactions with others I had experienced when I saw a wine bar up ahead. Thinking it would be especially ironic for a tea-totaling Peace Pilgrim to stroll into such a […]
How fitting it was to come across the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations on the very outskirts of the city; considering how inevitably ineffective “diplomacy” is in resolving disputes of any nature, and how fitting it was that many of the buildings on said school grounds were abandoned, empty, and utterly decrepit (Seeing […]
Geneva without question emitted one of the most unfriendly vibes of any town or city I passed through during the entire Walk (rivaled only by Christiansburg, Virginia & Knoxville, Tennessee), and there were several easy-to-understand reasons why — an obscene level of disparity between residents who were wealthy and those who were poor, an abundance […]
Partly a reflection of an organizational structure far more fixated on maintaining profits than it was on promoting peace, and partly a manifestation of a religious dogma far more founded in judging the unworthy than it is based in helping the downtrodden, the churches of Geneva proved to be less-than-kind (massive understatement) — thousands & […]
Taken as a whole, my day (& night) in Geneva was in truth the most emotionally taxing one I endured during the entire Walk, and yet there was indeed a Great Light that shone forth from its overlaying sheen of drab materialism; a Light that shone forth from the handful of Kind men & women […]
After many hours of wandering the streets of Geneva looking in vain for a place to lay my head, I decided to simply leave the city proper … The churches in town had been less than receptive (a drastic understatement) up to that point, and even the Salvation Army could not promise me a bed. […]
I walked on for a surprisingly long time that evening, until I ultimately lost The Way right next to a secluded little private park in a chic subdivision of the city’s outskirts. Not trusting my ability to orient the city’s deeply darkened streets, I entered the park and tried to sleep on one of its […]
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