I spent two hours writing an entirely different blog post offering a detailed explanation about why I decided to take on a new daily blog. Then I threw it away. …
Camino 2016: Some Fave Photos
#PilgrimStrong – My Camino Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQOEC7KAc8Y …
Metanoia: The Ultimate Game Changer
“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 …
7 Things That Changed My Life
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 …
Panick Attack in Terminal 5
"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 …
ZERO
(Blogger's Note: The final steps of my pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.) https://youtu.be/N2tzFtOwEFg …
Mid-South Food Truck Festival
Care for a Leg? Or Eight?
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And thank you for the chance to wake up in three …
Before I Write: Five Things
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 …
Monotony’s Glory
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 …
My Top 40 Pilgrim Playlist
Let it Rain Michael W. Smith Oh Happy Day The …
The Power of Arrival
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 …
Cold and Sick. Sick and Cold.
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good …
My Camino Family
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” ~ Lee Iacocca “A man that hath friends must show himself …
Clean Slate: A Vision
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 …
Cruz Ferro: Leaving Hurt Behind. Ultreia.
“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.” ~ Psalm 103:12 There are certain things you don’t think much …
You Can’t Depend on Church People
For most of last year, and up until just a few weeks ago this year, Dana and I attended a small, denominational church just two blocks down the road …
Becoming Tim
“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.” ~Elbert Hubbard In 2000, Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam wrote and …
40 Beds in 40 Nights … or … Know Your MATL
“I may look calm, but in my head I’ve killed you three times.” ~ unknown philosopher The hiking/walking/pilgrim community is a fairly tight-knit group …