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Pilgrim Strong

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Pilgrim Strong Readers: We Need Your Review

by: Steve Watkins In: Books, Memoirs, Non-Fiction Books on: February 18, 2020

Did you read Pilgrim Strong? I could use your help. We need 36 reader reviews to reach 100. The Amazon gods are saying magical things happen to a book's …

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Week 2: Thin Spaces: Your Truest Sense of Self

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Travel, writing on: August 16, 2018

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymo_RaEMqlQ Here's a short video I made yesterday in the square. Happiness all around.   Twenty years ago I …

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Hamtramck, Michigan – This is America.

by: Steve Watkins In: Diversity, Hamtramck Michigan, journal, Travel on: March 22, 2018

Gracious hosts on holiday are allowing me the warm convenience of their home in Hamtramck, Michigan for our Detroit swing of the Pilgrim Strong book tour. This …

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Ten Things I Think I Was Wrong About

by: Steve Watkins In: Essays, journal, writing on: February 27, 2018

Time alone  - Up to around age 40 I never wished to be alone. Always needed people around. I think it was part of the only-child upbringing. But since then, not …

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Coming to a Town Near You!

by: Steve Watkins In: Books, Journalism, writing on: February 25, 2018

Here's our date list as of today. If we're at a site near you, please come see us. If not, contact us and let's make it happen! Looking forward to seeing …

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Pilgrim Strong Book Trailer #2

by: Steve Watkins In: Books, Spain, Travel, way of st. james, writing on: October 6, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efwe5d7PJM …

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Pilgrim Strong Book Update

by: Steve Watkins In: Books, Stories, writing on: June 11, 2017

You should write a book they said. It'll be easy, they said. And truth is after 12 years as beat newspaper reporter, three years as a congressional press …

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Chapter 31 – Home

by: Steve Watkins In: Camino de Santiago, journal, Spain, Stories, Travel, Uncategorized on: April 20, 2017

"Travel does not exist without home. If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to …

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Chapter 31 – Home

by: Steve Watkins In: Camino de Santiago, journal, Spain, Stories, Travel on: April 20, 2017

"Travel does not exist without home. If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to …

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Pilgrim Strong (Prologue Excerpt)

by: Steve Watkins In: Truth, way of st. james, writing on: March 27, 2017

Strength is so misunderstood. At times it seems the most elusive of our heart’s desires. But because there’s no other choice, we must go looking. The search …

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A Memory Made Permanent

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Spain, Stories, writing on: December 2, 2016

On the day Dana and I left for Madrid, and one year to the day when I embarked on my first pilgrimage, a friend published a blog post that captured my …

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Metanoia: The Ultimate Game Changer

by: Steve Watkins In: "Religion", Christianity, journal on: May 29, 2016

“What comes to our mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” ~ A.W. Tozer It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when, or what caused …

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7 Things That Changed My Life

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Truth, writing on: May 15, 2016

It'll change your life ... In a world that notices only the extreme as noteworthy, and where everything in  between is lost for attention, it's something we …

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Panick Attack in Terminal 5

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Stories, Travel on: May 11, 2016

"Some journeys can only be traveled alone." ~ Ken Poirot   Every traveler has a subconscious switch that flips when it’s time to go home. It’s the least …

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ZERO

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Travel on: May 9, 2016

(Blogger's Note: The final steps of my pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.)   https://youtu.be/N2tzFtOwEFg …

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Before I Write: Five Things

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Writers, writing, writing tips on: April 29, 2016

Reading and participating in social media "forums" is a favorite pastime. It's a good way to learn, laugh and network with others who have similar interests. I …

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Monotony’s Glory

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Spain, Travel, writing on: April 27, 2016

We all try to camouflage the monotony, but it takes a lot of energy - to insist on being special all the time, when we’re so much alike one another anyway. Our …

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My Top 40 Pilgrim Playlist

by: Steve Watkins In: Inspiration, journal, Travel on: April 25, 2016

Let it Rain                                                             Michael W. Smith Oh Happy Day                                                   The …

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The Power of Arrival

by: Steve Watkins In: Inspiration, Interviews, journal, writing on: April 19, 2016

Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the …

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Clean Slate: A Vision

by: Steve Watkins In: Faith, journal, Truth, writing on: March 27, 2016

In Spring 2009, my depression reached critical mass. I hadn't worked at a real job for six months, carried some heavy relational baggage, and the truth is, I …

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