Have you ever left a job or a relationship, or put down a project that looked fine from the outside but you just couldn’t do it anymore? And maybe when you finally walked away you couldn’t quite put your finger … Read More
“Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it … Read More
When my life was wrecked by cancer and divorce in the same year, I seriously began to question the justice of God. When my pastor insisted that in His sovereignty God was the author of both my faith and my … Read More
Early 2009 my high school sweetheart walked out of a 4 year marriage, carrying my understanding with her. I spent that year trying to remember the promises I believed in, but by the end of the year I was diagnosed … Read More
One of the questions that comes up in my interviews with the EVS volunteers and other pilgrims is, “What is the spirit of the Camino?” Interestingly,
We were entering Nájera, Thomas, Robert, and I bringing up the rear as wounded soldiers. Thomas says so nonchalantly, “Something just happened in my boot.” There was nothing we could do but laugh!
My ankle and shin hurt a lot today. I’ve been massaging it through the night and this morning, but I’m still favoring it. I’ll have to pick up an ace bandage at the next open farmacia. In the meantime, I’m … Read More
Right now I’m sitting in a church albergue in Logroño, Spain with new friends from California, Lithuania, and Britain. With one ear I listen to Kirk’s California band play “Southern Swell” while with the other ear I listen to him … Read More
Sassy and I did our first training hike along the Big Eddy trail on the Dworshak Reservior in Orofino, Idaho. Poor Sassy doesn’t know that she’s not going to Spain with me!