I’ve just purchased and printed my bus tickets for the long journey from Toronto to Murfreesboro, TN.  I’m undertaking this road trip to visit some old friends: Fr. John Oliver and his family, whom I met when we were students together at seminary; and […]

Message:Systems test! Short road trip to the US before the pilgrimage begins. If you’re reading this, then I’ve successfully integrated my GPS tracker with my blog, Twitter, and FB.  Once I start travelling, my location and links to a map will be included in […]

St. James the Apostle is commemorated on April 30 in the Orthodox Church, but western Christians celebrate his feast on July 25.  This is a huge feast in Spain — if you hunt around, I’m sure you can find videos of the fireworks display […]

When I walked the Camino de Santiago in January and February 2010, one of the most precious aspects of the experience was the solitude.  I’m not an anti-social person, but I do enjoy my own company.  I found that walking for hours on end […]

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is […]

Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung on the tree, The King of the angels is decked with a crown of thorns. He who wraps the heavens in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery. He who freed Adam […]

Today we got up to -12 C in the sunshine, with a slight breeze out of the west. While I don't expect to ever — EVER — encounter temperatures like this on the great trek to Jerusalem, I thought today would be a good […]