Ch 06 – To eat or not to eat … (04/10/11 – day 1, part 5)

Walking 20 miles on no sustenance other than water is enough to make anyone a tad disconcerted, and that is how far I had come after passing through East Ridge and crossing the border into Georgia near the end of my first day.  Part of me was a bit frustrated over my lack of success […]

Ch 05 – Chatting with God … (04/10/11 – day 1, part 4)

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold … He will not fail or be discouraged until he has brought Kindness to the earth … I have taken him by the hand and guided him.” ~ Isaiah 42:1-6 I guess now would be as good a time as any to talk about the role “God” played […]

Ch 04 – Angels & Demons .. (04/10/11 – day 1, part 3)

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold … He will not cower or complain, or make his voice heard in the street. A bruised reed he will not break, and a burning wick he will not quench. ~ Isaiah 42:1-2 It was not long after leaving John C. Wilson Park that Highway 41 wound its […]

Ch 03 – Around the Mountain … (04/10/11 – day 1, part 2)

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold … I have put my Spirit upon him; He will bring forth Kindness from the nations.” ~ Isaiah 42:1 Every long voyage needs a plan (or so we’ve been taught), and my plan was a simple one:  walk for 5+ hours every morning (covering roughly 13 miles), rest […]

Ch 02 – Setting Out … (04/10/11 – day 1, part 1)

“Being in the present and making it your own, so truly home, living God’s grace … Seeing HIM reflected in everyone & everything, on the way and yet going nowhere, finally fully endlessly now-here … Being the richest of all, having nothing, being the safest, having nothing to hold on to … Being at home, […]

Ch 01 – An Introduction to The Walk … (04/09/11)

“It’s OK … I’ll walk.” A seemingly harmless sentence, if one is speaking about going to the store or heading home from school, and yet this time it was something much different.  With this seemingly innocuous utterance, I had agreed to set forth on a 777 mile* Peace Pilgrimage, a service that would prove to […]