Continuing Community

John Baldwin continuing community winter '25 la concha.

Being active with his local American Pilgrims chapter helps a man find a sense of continuing community that allows him to relive his Camino experiences anew while helping others foster their own.

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Foibles & Lessons Learned in Planning for a Group Camino

Foibles TRyng winter '25 la concha

A man embarks on a Camino with four other older gentlemen, and along the way learns lessons about the trials, tribulations, and tensions that can arise on a challenging journey amidst group dynamics. Despite these many lessons, he is still grateful for the experience and his traveling companions.

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Homecomings

Susan Valaer homecomings winter '25 la concha

A woman realizes she is the most organized, most patient, and best version of herself on the Camino, and she wonders how she can reboot herself to be that person at home.

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Beginning to End Ghazal

Beginning to End Ghazal Cathy Hollister winter '25 la concha

In this poem, Cathy Hollister reflects on what each day on the Camino holds for a pilgrim, to begin anew with anticipation for the joys and challenges on the long road ahead.

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I Hope You Know I Love You

cruz de ferro Michael D Thomas winter '25 la concha

A man who lost his father before he turned 30 and chose a career caring for those facing the end of life taught his son to make every moment count. When that man died, his son sought to carry on his father’s example, creating meaningful experiences with his children, including a 12-year-daughter with whom he walked the Camino. Connecting with her in that moment helped him feel connected to his late father, too.

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Keeping Time With Sunlight

meseta sunlight Laura M Rasmussen winter '25 la concha.

As she sits in a rustic, rural church on the Meseta, a woman notices a patch of light dance across the sanctuary wall, and in that moment senses a spiritual invitation to “Always look for the light.” As she continues on her Camino, she finds abundant time with sunlight to recognize how her soul experiences God. Back home, she makes a daily practice of noticing how the shifting sunlight draws her pilgrim soul’s attention to the light of God within her.

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Keeping Time

keeping time Luci Kegley winter '25 la concha.

In this poem, Luci Kegley considers the alternate ways we measure time on the Camino.

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May 26, 2024

camino slugs on primitivo winter '25 la concha.

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.

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Marking Sacred Time

Marking sacred time Joyce DeToni-Hill winter '25 la concha

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.

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