I’ve been home from Italy for a week now, and I’m slowly finding the words to share what it was like to meet a group of pilgrims and journey with them. In the wake of such a formative experience, I’m finding that slow is how I want to go. I want to slow down, to … Continue reading Slow Steps: Leaning into a Posture of Pilgrimage
I am writing this post just a few hours before I head to catch my overnight flight to Italy. As you are reading though, I am already walking somewhere in Italy. It is the fifth day of my journey on the Via Francigena, and if everything goes according to plan, today I will walk 18 … Continue reading Pilgrim Prayers
In our wedding we asked our friends and family, witnesses to our marriage covenant, to sing The Servant Song, by Richard Gillard with us. Nick requested this song during the ceremony planning, and I fell in love with the words immediately. (Full disclosure: I did change one word below from his original: “family” was “brothers.”) … Continue reading We Are Pilgrims on a Journey
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