The ‘Joie’ of the Joëlette
No Right Way? People often remark that there is no right way to travel the Camino. This is certainly true. Most pilgrims, of course, travel by foot. There is something therapeutic, even mystical, about...
What Does It Mean?
A Good Start If pilgrimage is going to be more than a quaint religious holdover from the past, it has to have a meaning and relevance for us today. What might that be in...
Never Thought About It
Pilgrimage, Really? I grew up in a very devout, Christian family; the Bible was our source of authority and direction in all of life. Strangely though, the idea of pilgrimage played virtually no...
Why the Camino?
An Ancient History What we know as the Camino de Santiago today, and more particularly, the Camino Frances, was considered a sacred path, millennia before any Christians made their pilgrimage to the magnificent...
