Spiritual Lessons from the Camino de Santiago: My Only Regret
I don’t regret much in my life–which is pretty good looking back on 51 years–and I honestly can’t think of anything in my life that I’ve done that I regret. Everything I’ve done has…
Lessons from the Camino de Santiago: The Fiscal Cliff, Safeguards, and the American Mindset
Five minutes after turning on the TV, I’d heard fear-mongering, so-called journalists screaming “fiscal cliff” at least 20 times. Ack! Not that I’m not concerned about our economy, but sometimes it seems it’s more fun…
The Hardest Part of the Camino de Santiago: Return to Society
The hardest part of walking the Camino de Santiago was not walking all day in the elements, not gasping my way uphill or trying to keep from skidding downhill as my knees screamed at me,…
Spiritual Lessons from the Camino de Santiago: You Can Never Go Back the Way You Came
You can dream, but you can never go back the way you came. Particularly if you are referring to a spiritual pilgrimage like the Camino de Santiago. We were only about 20 kilometers outside of…
Hurricane Isaac Evacuation and Lessons from the Camino
Hurricane Isaac evacuation time? Yes? No? I’ve lived in the Niceville-Destin Florida area of the Gulf Coast since 1983, so I’m accustomed to making decisions about tropical storm and hurricane evacuations. By the time…
Lessons from the Camino de Santiago: You Find What You Focus On…Good or Bad
Why did we get so upset last week? It wasn’t like him at all to behave the way I’d thought, and it wasn’t like me at all to behave the way he’d thought. It…
Journey and Pilgrimage: Finding the Straight Way Again
Midway through the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood, wandering, for the straight way had been lost. — Dante When Dante’s Divine Comedy opens in 1300 with those famous…
