Tag Archives: Christianity
Heroes of The Camino: Scene One.
A small scene between three experienced Heroes of The Camino de Santiago. Continue reading
Communion at the Everflowing Fountain. Not My Camino, Chp 18.
Church after church we entered, sometimes together, sometimes she went in alone. There may have been one or two that I saw which didn’t, but only because she was already in a church. Continue reading
Estella and Lucid Dreaming. Chp 17. Not my Camino.
I don’t know you at all. And with our very limited interaction the only deductions I may conclude is that you are a carbon based life form and you own a computing device, either hand or lap. So you might … Continue reading
Pamplona and Alto de Perdon. Chp 15 Not my Camino
One of the biggest fears in travel is “I’m going to miss it”. The awful anxiety that eats away at your Fun Time which Insists that for one reason or another you are going to not see the one thing everyone else saw and that it was the best thing ever! Continue reading
Nothing tastes better than the Hand that Feeds You! Not My Camino Chp 14.
here’s a movie about the Camino de Santiago called ‘The Way’ starring Martin Sheen. I hate it. It’s a plodding and predictable piece of propaganda which celebrates the obvious and considers subtlety a sin.
Music on the road! Chp 13, Not My Camino.
I am an aficionado of silence. As much as I like music, I respect silence more. It was a rare commodity when I was a kid and it’s even rarer now. And it’s not fair that we all share playlists of Music, but never lists of Silences. So…..
Stage one: From St Jean to Roncesvalles. Day One.
We left before the sun rose, walked through a quiet town, followed the yellow scallop symbols past a bend or two, and then we were here…… …so now what? We both felt kind of, well, silly. And, well, we did … Continue reading
Hot Take on the Ten Commandments
In an article from Mother Jones, “To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the ‘TheoBros’,” about a loosely affiliated extreme Christian nationalist group of pastors and influencers. Some of these guys “believe that the Constitution is dead and that … Continue reading
The Trinity as a way to avoid idolatry?–a response…
I’m writing this after reading “The Trinity as a Way to Idolatry” by Rev Alan. Her description of the Trinity as a paradox, and how that was a good thing, hit me wonderfully hard. The use of symbols and statues … Continue reading
buddha meets jesus 