May 26, 2024
In this poem, Taryn Deckard captures a slice of the pilgrim experience through what she observes and feels on one specific day on the Camino.
Marking Sacred Time
A woman embarks on a transitional journey of sacred time. It helps her feel a sense of accomplishment for a larger journey of faith and calling and find a way to frame her journey into retirement and experience the sacred to be found in ordinary time.
Mother Time
Through a pilgrim way of life, a woman who had once felt a long-standing battle with a paternalistic, regimented sense of time, discovers a more nurturing, maternalistic appreciation for being present in the moment.
Experiencing Real Time
The daily rhythm of the pilgrim’s life helps a woman experience real time. Back home, she looks for ways to maintain that sense of time.
A Pilgrim’s Point of View on the 2024 Annual Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies
A pilgrim reports on her experience attending the 2024 Annual Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies hosted by the Institute of Pilgrimage Studies on the William & Mary campus in Williamsburg, VA. While the conference is designed for scholars, she says anyone interested in world pilgrimage and religious tourism is welcome.
Sunset at Finisterre
In this poem, Jen Manglos captures a fleeting moment on Cape Finisterre as the sun slips beyond the horizon, marking the end of one journey and the beginning of another.
The Return
In this poem, Suzanne Doerge finds, thanks to the pilgrim lessons we hold on to, that even in returning to the busy highway we left behind, we can continue to stroll with all the souls of the Camino to the ends of the Earth.
Book Review: Pilgrim Spirit
Rebekah Scott reviews the newly released English translation of Pilgrim Spirit: Elías Valiña and the Revival of the Camino 1959-1989 by Luis Celeiro Álvarez and translated by Laurie Dennett. This historic document, while dry and not meant to be an “easy read,” serves as an invaluable compendium to historical researchers about the life and work of the parish priest posted to the mountaintop village O Cebreiro and whose painted yellow arrows would start an avalanche that is the modern-day Camino de Santiago.
Camino Déjà vu: Reliving My Camino Day by Day
A few months after returning home, a man takes up a chronological daily practice of reviewing photos, personal reflections, and route details from a given day in his original day-to-day records of his walk. This practice helps preserve his memories of each day and ward off the post-Camino blues.