Learning to be a Guest
By Mark Michael
We could hear the hospitality crew a quarter mile before they came into view. The thumping bass of dance music cut through the dust of the trail and the haze of the Castilian sun. There hadn’... Read More...
What will I carry? Preparation for pilgrimage
In a capitalistic society with brand-name water, I could spend thousands of dollars preparing for pilgrimag and never say a single prayer.
A pilgrimage to Canterbury and Rome, personal and ecumenical
It is my belief that as we enter more fully into relationship, in common ministry, old difficulties will be seen in a new light and be given a different and more hopeful context for resolution. My time on pilgrimage has given me a renewed vision and a new energy for the task that lies ahead.
In the tides: Enlli and the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way
Pilgrimage is at times, quite simply, plain hard work, in which, uprooted from one’s normal rhythms and resources, one confronts one’s own physical, emotional, and spiritual vulnerabilities.
France, la sainte: A pilgrimage with Vladimir Lossky
Vladimir Lossky's diary, on the road to joining the French Army in 1940, reveals an intimate portrait of the famous theologian, barely revealed in his academic writing.
To Trebizond by camel, with tea
The enchanting beauty and intricate patterns of Anglo-Catholic liturgy provide the lineaments of imagination in The Towers of Trebizond.
The way of the pilgrim: further reflections on Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups
The fragmented nature of Knight of Cups is itself a reflection of the protagonist’s fragmented life.
On being ‘spiritual, not religious’
There is indeed a waiting that is a listening, yet the path to spiritual flourishing proceeds upward.