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
Well, fellow peregrinos, here we are, still trekking on the path of life. How’s your trail been on your route these last couple of days? Definitely had some muck and mire here, but I hear that’s what one can expect with a typical forecast of the February blues! As promised, here are your four highlights. … More Camino: In Spite of the Bumps
Wine is part of the Camino. This Camino, the Camino de Santiago, and other European pilgrimages I’ve been on. “Numbs the pain in your legs and feet,” one person said as they encouraged me to buy a bottle in France on the 65 mile Chartres pilgrimage. “Makes you more cheerfully disposed to keep going,” I … More Camino: Cleaning with Wine
Like traveling? Can’t travel right now? How about taking an interior journey while following the progress of a beautiful building? Camino in Spanish means “the way.” It refers to the Camino De Santiago (The Way of St. James), one of the oldest, and longest pilgrimages in Europe. (There’s a good movie about it, with Martin … More A New Camino
Hope Writers Challenge Day 5/5. A possibility. What is it? The ol’ dictionary says it is traced back to Latin’s possibilis, “able to be done.” A possibility then is something that is able to be done. But because something is able to be done doesn’t mean it gets done, right? How often do we come … More Possibility
Bridget Bryan 