Happy Easter Friends! Congratulations! We made it to the peak of the Resurrection! Now to fill our hearts with it’s joy and hope! Once again, I fell off a week! But I’m back! Very quickly just to say hello and that I haven’t forgotten about you! This post is a bit of a miracle: I’m … More Summit!
As the days stretch longer, this time of year is a struggle naturally and supernaturally. In being stretched, we learn our limits, we learn what stuff we are made of, and whether or not we need to adjust our routes along the path of life. Keep reading to understand nature a little better this time … More One Week to Summit
Our smartphones are wonderful tools that can help us streamline life. They can also streamline our behavior to focusing soley on their glossy surfaces. Here’s a little story where I fell trap to the addictive device. (Keep reading to see more photos and hear the confessions of a growing phone addict!)
Is there a connection between essentialism and distractions? Just like some of us “KonMari” to find what is not essential in our lives, so we can do that with our thoughts. It takes practice, and sometimes being honest with ourselves regarding our physical goods, helps us to be so with our interior world. Now, this … More Interior Essentialism
Welcome to the weekend! Today is a little break from the Camino, and I’ll tell you why at the end! Recently a lovely couple had me draw out improvement ideas for their house. So, I spent time at their house, heard their ideas, looked at pictures, sketched, talked with them on and off, and nine … More Vision on Paper
“Quit! Throw in the towel!” Critical feelings sneer “This is stupid, why are you doing this?” “What a project to focus on! This is not going to get you anywhere!” These discouraging feelings have besieged me. I shared these mental assaults with a fellow pilgrim. You may be thinking, Uh, isn’t assault a bit too … More Meet the Critic
Along a Camino, you meet good friends. The Camino de Immaculata is both spiritual and physical. It takes place simultaneously in Kansas and in people’s hearts. One of the best friends to have is Kansas’s very own, the Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun, a hero of the Korean War. Fr. Kapaun has been a … More Camino: Side Pilgrimage to an Army Chaplain
Fellow traveler, we’ve got another week in the books! We’ve traveled all through this last week in February, so drinks all around! But are you weary? Tired of carrying your burdens and the worries that our world has brough to us this week? I hope the next three minutes will be a break from all … More Camino: God Winks with Shells
Well, hello there fellow pilgrims! How goes your mid-February leg of the journey? Have the blues hit hard, and the dark winter hours make you yearn for spring? Have you bristled while in the company of your other pilgrims? I hope that my journey on this particular day encourages you to show up to your … More Camino: Baby Steps…Over and Over Again
Death has been heard of far and wide throughout the world these last two years. On this interior Camino out here in ol’ Kansas, so many people have died in our large community of fellow-pilgrims. But little connections on a day of a special funeral reminds us all that death is only the begining of … More Camino: A Hero Dies
Bridget Bryan 