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My Journey From Evangelical To Anglican
By Steve on July 22, 2021
Some years back a Presbyterian pastor asked me to lunch. Over the course of the meal, he informed me he intended to retire soon and asked if I would be interested in becoming the new…
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Episode 089: Camino Tales on the Camino Portuguese with Brian & Peri Zahnd
By Steve on April 21, 2019
Hi Pilgrim, Brian and Peri Zahnd return to share with us their pilgrimage on the Camino Portuguese; the 160 mile adventure running through Portugal and ending at the cathedral in Santiago de…
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Episode 088: Camino Tales with Efren Gonzalez (Via Francigena)
By Steve on April 1, 2019
Hi Pilgrim, Efren Gonzalez is a travel vlogger and filmmaker whose Youtube videos chronicling his journeys have been an inspiration and valuable resource for those planning their own pilgrimage. On today’s episode Efren shares…
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Episode 078: Walking the Via Francigena
By Steve on October 17, 2018
Hi Pilgrim, In this episode I share with Tammy as well as friends Mark & Christine Cattanach about my recent pilgrimage walking 1000 miles from Canterbury England to Rome Italy. Along the way I…
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Episode 034: Camino Tales with Brian & Peri Zahnd
By Steve on December 20, 2016
Show Notes Intro Music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Every Grain of Sand Bob Dylan Brian Zahnd’s website Hi all, Steve and I got to sit down with Brian & Peri Zahnd shortly…
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Episode 031: Camino Tales with Steve & Sharon Canale
By Steve on November 13, 2016
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured music: Dead Man’s Rope Sting Hi Pilgrim, Our Camino Tales series continues as Steve & Sharon Canale share how they decided to celebrate retirement…by walking Spain’s 500…
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Camino Lessons: The Joy Of Seeing Friends In Santiago!
By Steve on May 12, 2015
Arriving in Santiago was perhaps more emotional than I had expected. After almost 5 weeks of walking the sense of anticipation grew as my son Gabriel and I entered the outer perimeter of the city. Finally…
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Judging “Tourist Pilgrims” On The Camino de Santiago
By Steve on May 2, 2015
At Beyond the Pale I devote a fair bit of space towards dismantling the politics of tribalism and “us vs. them” thinking. Usually because, well, I struggle with it so much myself. Case in point:…
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Becoming A “Camino Catholic”
By Steve on April 25, 2015
There is a great moment in the recent World War 2 movie Monument Men where Hugh Bonneville (of Downton Abbey fame) attempts to protect a group of Catholic priests and the art in their monastery…
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Camino de Santiago: The Start
By Steve on April 6, 2015
As I usually do I rose early on the first day of the Camino. Breakfast at Beilari was at 7:00 am and we were served as we were the night before by Hans, a hospitiltero…