After dinner, we are all invited to a private tour of a nearby local church, where the less-than-humble intentions of the accompanying priest were not nearly as powerful or holy as his service’s “moment of silence” … “There is something in the very depths of our being that yearns for wholeness. And because we are […]
Most understand that thankfulness is not powerful if offered merely when one arrives at a desired destination, nor is thankfulness potent if offered only when one leaves an unpleasant or boring locale. Real thankfulness indeed has nothing at all to do with either escaping the past or attaining the future – most folks get that […]
“As people, in the course of their everyday lives, make their way by foot around a familiar terrain, so its paths, textures and contours are incorporated into their own capacities for movement, awareness and response. And yet conversely, these same pedestrian movements carve a tangled network of personalized trails through the landscape itself. Through walking, […]
“We are above all things always able to love (which is far more important than our longing to be loved) –and that is the actual Good News of the gospel. And we are able to love others not just the way they turn up on Sundays in their best clothes and on their best behavior […]
“Most of our life’s voyages are mere armchair calculations, strategically charted ahead of time in some reclined state, designed to allow us to embark upon some supposedly grand journey without ever actually leaving the armchair. Real journeys, on the other hand – challenge both mind and body. Real journeys demand a facing of fear. Real […]
Mate & I had a number of intriguing discussions while walking together along The Way, and on this day we happened to begin chatting about reincarnation – with Mate hinting that it provided resolution for the frustrating conundrum of mass injustice (i.e. all the selfish folks – most politicians and many preachers among them – […]
It was shortly thereafter that we encountered and entered the somewhat larger city of Logrono … “There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering strange streets with no particular vector or destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving – for entering new conglomerations of residences filled with new faces, any one of […]
Sometimes we pause and admire the artistry &/or cleverness of graffiti; sometimes we cleverly become that artistry … “You will learn, as you get older, that most rules are indeed made to be broken. So be bold enough to live life on your terms. Make those terms as kind and as daring as possible, and […]
As usual, I chose to make a nearby church my first pit-stop upon arriving, where – also as usual – I paused to revel in its cool & peaceful confines; offering up professings of profound gratitude for having been able to flow this far so meaningfully, alongside a renewed resolve to continue onward in the […]
Quite a few of the previous churches in Spain had been completely devoid of actual candles, and it was both a pleasure and an honor to in this cathedral once again be able to set my humble hopes aflame – hopes for healing for those who suffer in body (the Healing that comes from actively […]
Patience is a funny thing; it is only when we are unaware of embodying it that we can truly embody it. In this case, having already been blessed by a recent lifetime filled with trials that had indeed inspired me to become a ‘patient person’ (i.e. challenges that had proven to be unbeatable, and as […]
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