Camino II — We Begin
Yep, that Saint James, the patron saint that we will be walking with on the Camino — starting today — 4/29. We look ready, right? What awaits? We don’t know! And that’s the beauty of this. We’ll feel things we didn’t think we would, or maybe even could. We’re see things that we could not see except here ...
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Camino II — All The “Lovely” People
Where Do They All Come From? One of the beautiful gifts in traveling, especially to Europe, is variety of people. It’s a little like what Sally and I remember of walking in the Old City, Jerusalem. There are so many people speaking so many different languages. And there are dozens of difference shades of color and ...
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Camino II — Lisbon Alive and Well?
Dia de Liberdade! (Freedom Day) 50 years ago today, on April 25, 1974, Portugal took down the right wing authoritarian regime that had governed the country for 41 years. I was 26 and apparently clueless as to what was happening in the world outside my world of football and family — sadly, in that order. The ...
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Camino II — Maybe a little too much Mary?
Mary On Display and for Sale Mary is everywhere here, as she was in the cathedrals and churches in Spain where Sally and I walked in 2022. Now, I like Mary, so a lot of Mary is mostly okay with me, not that being okay with me is any kind of requirement for anyone’s thinking on anything, including Mary. But today was ...
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A Dog’s Death—A Family’s Grief
Not The Same, I know I know that there is a difference between the death of a child and the death of a dog, or any animal pet. I’m not oblivious to this important distinction. If you have lost a child or someone too soon, then grant me leeway please. I know the two are not the same, but I also know that they are not ...
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Riding the Waves
Religious Waves I’m told by surfers that the key to surfing is not riding the wave, but catching it. As a pastor for over 40 years I tried to catch and then ride every wave that came my way. There was, for one, the church growth movement in the early 80s. A guy named Lyle Schaller was the guru. He gave us a plethora ...
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Holy Wound
(The Sixth Wound of Jesus—carrying the cross.) Call To Prayer June 25, 2007 It is Sunday morning, four o’clock, and I am standing on the roof terrace just outside our apartment in East Jerusalem. It is jet lag that has me awake at this 4th watch of the night. And it’s dark – no moon, no hint of ...
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