4 posts tagged “santiago de compostela”
I'll try to post a pic soon, but for the time being, it's great to be back in Santiago de Compostela. After a missed train, delayed luggage, and other true-to-life mishaps, I'm in Santiago, and meandering through those old streets that feel so much like home away from home.
Well, I'm in the Seattle airport, waiting to board for Heathrow, then Madrid. From there, a bus to Santiago. I'm excited to be spending time moving forward with this dream of ministry to pilgrims. I hope to keep you posted on what's going on while I'm on the ground there. Maybe some fun pictures, too.
Here in Santa Barbara, sit I, drinking delicious Spanish wine and telling tales that are not unique, to people who also had the same memories, but are more than willing to listen anyway. That's a great thing.
In 2001, I walked 500 miles on the camino de Santiago de Compostela. I'm at a workshop with a bunch of folks who have done the same thing, and almost all of them have done it more than once (including myself). We are pilgrimage junkies - journey addicts.
I'm feeling more alive than I have felt in a long time - sharing my dream with folks who say, "Yeah, go for it".
Drinking a little rioja wine and nibbling some awesome fresh-baked bread, I am not only struck by the Eucharistic overtones, but eucharistic-ing that is happening. Isn't it wonderful, if you have had the luxury, to be in a place where your dreams can grow?
I am particularly excited that I have been bequeathed a very special holy relic: we made this morning a graph of our camino's: epiphanies, darknesses and highlights. Rather than throwing it away, it is going to be sent home with me to guard - this graph of holy moments - holy lingerings - along the way.