pilgrimage

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The Ancient Path: Why the Narrow Way Is Still the Right One

There’s an ancient path — one worn into the ground over thousands of years, easy to trust because so many have walked it before you. I was watching a program on TV about elephants. The Elephant Queen. It tells the journey of a family of elephants in the African savannah, […]

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A 17th-Century Nun’s Prayer for Growing Older with Grace

A 17th Century Nun Prayed ‘Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and someday will be old.’ A Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, New Zealand Recently, I went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a small village here in New Zealand. In 1892, Suzanne Aubert (better known […]

The Reason Why So People Walk the Camino de Santiago

The Reason Why So Many People Walk the Camino de Santiago

Three hundred thousand pilgrims walked the Camino de Santiago in 2017. These ancient pathways in Northern Spain have allured people from all over the world. But why? What is the reason that these trails have drawn so many pilgrims for such a long period? Camino means ‘Path.’ Just a little […]