Day 13 on the Camino Way
In Catholic churches the red candle, here a real wax candle, declares that ”The Host is in the house.” In other words, the Eucharist (Communion, Lord’s Supper) is celebrated in this building. The depth of this is the proclamation that this is not a building but a living organism. This is a place where people come ...
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Day 12 on the Camino Way
This bit of art makes me laugh every time I look at it. It’s so true. The first day I was carrying 20 lbs in my backpack. I nearly collapsed by the end. In fact I did fall backwards climbing down a steep and rocky decline. My right arm ended up in a thorn bush. Fortunately that’s all it was. It could have been a lot ...
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Day 11 on the Camino Way
Get It Done! Sometimes you just put your head down and get it done! That was the hike today. It was long and hard and tedious. There were hills to climb and then higher hills to climb. And then came those little irritating flies. It reminded Sally and me of our hike in the Negev in Israel/Palestine. In your eyes and ...
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Day 10 on the Camino Way
An Encouraging Kite As we finished today’s hike one of the pilgrims on the journey with us stood near the trail and flew a kite. As silly as this might sound, it was the kind of distraction that made the last mile or so easier. Funny what a little gesture can do. The kite flyer told us he does this to encourage the ...
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Day 9 on the Camino Way
Miles to Go The sign post is pointing us to our final destination—Santiago. 581 kilometers which is 361 miles. Today we walked 13 miles so now we are 348 miles from the prize. And what exactly is the prize? What Sally and I set out to do was to walk this together. Finishing isn’t the primary goal—crossing the ...
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Day 8 on the Camino Way
This represents what some folks think of my writings, and I can see it both ways. There is a lot of bull that gets slung in these posts, but it also takes balls to put yourself out there. Speaking of Bull When you think about the development of Christianity in the 1st Century you need to consider how much of it was ...
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Day 7 on the Camino Way
382 miles to go—give or take! As I sit in the hotel lobby this morning writing this, I think about the question several of you have asked: Why are you doing this? It’s impossible to say really. In 2007, when we first heard of El Camino, we were living in Jerusalem. A friend of ours talked about her experience and the ...
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