In two weeks John and I will fly to Spain – his first time in Europe. For years I have dreamed of doing the pilgrimage across Northern Spain known as the Way of St. James, a path taken by James, Jesus’ fourth recruit as an apostle, as he carried the Word into the world. It became an act of devotion around the time of the Crusades , along with several other routes, and we will travel the last half of it – from Leon to Compostela on the Atlantic – in thanks for my ordination and gratitude for the life we have found together, completing our journey at the Cathedral de Santiago in Compostela.
We invite you to be with us by reading this journal as we travel from station to station. There are 33 stations across the route – each around 20 miles or one day’s walk – apart. If that sounds familiar it is because the California missions are also spaced one day’s walk apart – that day, however, was probably not calibrated by two sets of late 60’s legs.
The Way of St. James 