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Dan
- Nov 6, 2020
Hide-and-Seek (or Being Lost and Being Found)
“I’m in the cabinet, Nana.” I heard this yelled across the house this morning. Many kids love hide-and-seek. The strategy differs,...
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Dan
- Nov 4, 2020
Car Care Kits
Our kids wave and smile at people in intersections with signs asking for help. Why? In their words “so they wouldn’t feel ignored.” Our...
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Dan
- Nov 4, 2020
A Christian Prayer for US Election Day 2020
King of kings and Lord of lords, today we choose people to lead knowing that no person, platform, or party perfectly portrays your...
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Dan
- Nov 1, 2020
All Saints’ Haiku (hope of the great cloud of witnesses)
I know this is a selfish prayer and poem, yet I pray it anyway. Giusto de’ Menabuoi (Italian, ca. 1320–1391), Paradise, ca. 1378. Dome...
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Dan
- Oct 29, 2020
Fall and Hope Haiku
Blustery Fall day, Gusts, slanted rain, leaf-filled sky; Past clouds, sun still shines.
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Dan
- Oct 23, 2020
Fall Wonder 2020 Haiku
Trees clickety-clack; Sun-gilded leaves flutter down. Fall wonder sight, sound!
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Dan
- Oct 15, 2020
A Prayer for Those Feeling Anxious or Stressed
Creator God, Great I AM, sometimes we can’t remember your joy or feel your peace, especially with growing tasks and impending deadlines....
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Dan
- Sep 23, 2020
Reminder of Faithfulness
I had a ‘memory’ photo pop up on my phone today, although I didn’t need the phone to remind me where I sat (and walked) two years ago. I...
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Dan
- Sep 27, 2019
Mumbling Prayers
I have enjoyed this opportunity of walking and praying. The other day I wrote to one of the people who modeled this for me early on in my...
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Dan
- Sep 27, 2019
Villanova de Arousa to Padron (27Sept2019)
I took a rest day of sorts today. The last two days I have sensed a growing need for a smaller walking day in my feet and shins. The...
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Dan
- Sep 26, 2019
Armenteira to Villanova de Arousa ~25km (26Sept2019)
I saw the beach today - after following a stream with ancient waterworks / water-powered works and viaducts, walking through small...
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Dan
- Sep 26, 2019
Pontevedra to Armenteira ~24km (25Sept2019)
Today’s walk marks the beginning of the Spiritual Variant of the Camino Portugues. I walked by the sea, over a mountain, through forests...
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Dan
- Sep 24, 2019
Redondela to Pontevedra ~21km (24Sept2019)
Today I walked through small villages, over a couple fo mountains (hills), through countryside, and alongside a winding river. Beautiful....
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Dan
- Sep 24, 2019
Rubiães to Tui ~22km (22Sep2019)
The sun came out this Sunday on a beautiful walk that saw me leave Portugal and cross into Spain. This day felt more like a “cafe day”...
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Dan
- Sep 24, 2019
Tui to Redondela ~33KM (23Sep2019)
A good, although unexpectedly long, day of walking. Last night at dinner a few of us talked about going a bit further on than the common...
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Dan
- Sep 24, 2019
Winning the Day, i.e. walking well
Walking Camino stages has become a reframing of mindsets. If I had started the day thinking about 33KM I may not have enjoyed the other...
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Dan
- Sep 21, 2019
Sharing a Meal
With the unrelenting rain and a desire to stay dry, many of us in the albergue did not want to venture the mile into town to check out...
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Dan
- Sep 21, 2019
A Step towards Abundance
I had envisioned posting multiple times from various cafes along the route today. However, said cafes being closed and the skies being...
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Dan
- Sep 21, 2019
Vilarinho to Barcelos (~30KM) (19Sept2019)
My second day of walking also took advantage of stopping at various cafes along the way for coffee, bread, and writing. I stopped in São...
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Dan
- Sep 21, 2019
Why the Camino (again)? Why Pilgrimage?
Peregrinos frequently ask one another why they decided to make a Camino pilgrimage. A question asked of me before I left this time was,...
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