The Way Is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago

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InterVarsity Press, Apr 21, 2015 - Religion - 219 pages
  • The Word Guild 2008 Canadian Christian Writing Awards finalist
Pilgrimage is a spiritual discipline not many consider. Aren't the destinations far? Don't they involve a lot of time and walking? Just a few years ago, Arthur Paul Boers wasn't thinking about pilgrimage either. But he began to sense a deep call from God to walk the five-hundred-mile pilgrimage route known as Camino de Santiago, ending in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, at a cathedral that is said to hold the relics of the apostle James. In these pages he opens to us his incredible story of renewed spirituality springing from an old, old path walked by millions before him. It's a story of learning to pray in new ways, embracing simplicity, forming community, living each day centered and focused, depending on God to provide. Joined by hundreds of others from all over the world, Boers points the way to deeper intimacy with God--a way made by walking in faith.
 

Contents

Foreword
9
Acknowledgments
13
Map of Camino
16
Introduction
17
1 I Want to Be in That Number
27
2 Seeking Gods Homeland
36
3 Lord Teach Us to Be Prayerful
45
4 Your Packs Too Big
55
9 Secular Seekers
118
10 Focal Ways of Life
132
11 Walking in Faith
144
12 Here I Walk I Can Do No Other
158
Conclusion
169
Appendix 1
179
Appendix 2
186
Appendix 3
192

5 The Road That Leads to Life
66
6 The Journey Is Long
75
Photographs
86
7 Well Thats the Camino
94
8 No Ustedes Por Favor
107
Appendix 4
206
Notes
211
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Arthur Paul Boers (D.Min., Northern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of pastoral theology at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. He is an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church USA and a Benedictine oblate at St. Gregory's Abbey in Three Rivers, Michigan. His books include The Rhythm of God's Grace: Uncovering Morning and Evening Hours of Prayer and Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Responses to Difficult Behavior. He is an editor of Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer Book.

Peterson, now retired, was for many years James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. In addition to his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message (NavPress), he has written many other books.

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