“The cave that we fear entering holds the treasure we seek” – Joseph Campbell We spent a day walking through the hilly city of Porto before the long walk to Santiago began. I thought we were getting to know a city;the city was already asking me to look deep within. At Mercado do Bolhão, aContinue reading “A Prophetic Song on the Banks of the Douro River”
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Preparing to Sail
“What is most terrifying in the experience of the deportation of Africans to the Americas * is undoubtedly the unknown, faced without preparation or challenge” (Édouard Glissant, “The Open Boat,” Poetics of Relation) I prepare to “sail” across the Atlantic,travelling in the opposite directionfrom the one forced upon my African ancestors,returning freely over waters they crossed inContinue reading “Preparing to Sail”
My Desire for the Camino
A Long Loving Look at the Real “Contemplation is a long, loving look at the real.”— Walter J Burghardt SJ I come to the Camino with a desire,not simply to reach Santiago,not to measure the days in kilometres,but to let each day’s walking become a prayer. From the Caribbean, we cross the Atlantic,over waters ourContinue reading “My Desire for the Camino”
