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Praying for a Closed Door
There’s nothing that excites me more than a good idea. And one of the things I’ve learned to guard against is my own propensity to get carried away with an idea that stirs the heart. Sometimes, I can...
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2016: My Year-End Review (Part 1 of 4)
(Blogger’s Note: This is the first in a series of reflections on 2016. Today’s post recounts some personal milestones. Tomorrow will highlight some big-picture things we all witnessed and...
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2016: My Year-End Review (Part 2 of 4)
(Blogger’s Note: This is the second in a series of year-end blog posts focusing on milestones and challenges in both the old year, and the new.) “Never get into a fight with a pig in the mud. You get...
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2016: My Year-End Review (Part 3 of 4)
(Blogger’s Note: This is the third in a series of posts reflecting on 2016, and looking ahead to challenges in the new year. Tomorrow in the final post, I’ll share some thoughts about ideas and...
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2016: My Year-End Review – Filters and Anchor Points
(Blogger’s Note: This is the last in a series of posts looking back at 2016, and ahead to the new year. Thank you so very much to everyone who read the posts at Pilgrim Strong this year. Your...
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Day 3: Nate and Faith Walter
Published today on my companion blog, noteaday.com Note A Day Dear Nate & Faith: It was such a pleasure meeting you both in Santiago de Compostela last November. Lucky for us Dana made us keep...
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Relax. You’re on Beach Time.
The photo above shows a sign I keep on the pantry door of our little Casa Azul in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador. It has a purpose. Probably not the one you think. On the exterior, I can be just about...
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I Am a Christian: A Confession and 15 Personal Principles
(Note: This list of principles isn’t something I sit around and study, pour over daily, or even consciously consider, but rather an articulation of words expressing practices that have come naturally...
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My Day in Jipijapa
The streets of Jipijapa. This is an extremely calm scene relative to most times. Notice the name on the commercial tienda. “El Gato.” Everyone has a nickname here, and this is the store owner’s...
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El Gusto es Mio … the pleasure is mine.
There we sat like knots on a log, two late-40-something men bored and useless at one of the tediously never-ending Junior Auxiliary fundraisers, when my buddy offered a dubious reading recommendation....
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12 Stories in 6 Words
His nursing home luxury? A window. Sundown. Next morning in the afterlife. It was his tenth second chance. East or West? Got a coin? Civility was not on his agenda. Press the button. Sleep comes soon....
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Day 52: Helen Corbett
From my current daily blogging project at Note A Day. A fond memory from that first pilgrimage. Note A Day Dear Helen, It may surprise you, but I’ve reflected on what you wrote so many times. It was...
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Day 62: Kathy McLeskey
(Reblogging from Note A Day.) I’m often amazed and count it as a great blessing when I consider the personal, wonderful stories I have from Camino life. Note A Day Dear Kathy, For the longest, I...
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Day 64: Coach Steve Roberts
Not all my blog posts at Note a Day are appropriate for the Pilgrim Strong blog. This one includes a message that’s such a part of me, I felt it was okay today. Note A Day Dear Coach Roberts, Before...
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Day 66: Maite Sobrón
Another story about friendship and hospitality on Camino. So many stories. Note A Day Dear Maite, It was a lovely Saturday for walking. The poplar trees stood reaching for the azure sky, golden and...
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Day 85: David Landis and Anna Dintaman Landis
My guidebook was, and is, like an old friend. Note A Day Every morning’s typical breakfast routine, planning the day ahead and thinking just a bit about tomorrow. Dear David & Anna, Everyone...
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Pilgrim Strong (Prologue Excerpt)
Strength is so misunderstood. At times it seems the most elusive of our heart’s desires. But because there’s no other choice, we must go looking. The search for strength is a daily ordeal unconfined...
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Chapter 31 – Home
“Travel does not exist without home. If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to measure our growth and enrich us after being...
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Pilgrim Strong Book Update
With Annie O’Neil who wrote the foreword to Pilgrim Strong.You should write a book they said. It’ll be easy, they said. And truth is after 12 years as beat newspaper reporter, three years as a...
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