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\nFrom my book shelf  …  links included below<\/span>
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Quotable quotes and a prayer from the To be a pilgrim<\/a><\/strong> workshop I led in Geneva recently.<\/p>\n

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People of all faiths seem to recognize pilgrimage as an essential spiritual practice<\/u>. In researching WHY this should be the case, there seems to be very little complex theological reasoning involved. Pilgrimage, it seems \u2026 has to be walked, and experienced.
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\nSome walk to escape, others walk towards. Some walk in companionship, others alone. Some always have an eye on a destination, others live for a far horizon. \u2026 We are all of us, sojourners. A long way from home<\/u>.<\/div>\n
~ https:\/\/thisfragiletent.com<\/a><\/div>\n

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For pilgrimage to be real it has to be a moving experience<\/u> in more than simply a physical sense. \u2026 We do not merely clock up places we have been to and sights we have seen: we are also on a journey of being, an inward journey<\/u> which cannot be easily catalogued or grasped but is a great adventure nonetheless. <\/div>\n
~ David Adam, The Awesome Journey<\/a><\/em>, p. 1<\/div>\n

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We recognise that we journey in hope; our travelling will be accompanied and celebratory; we pilgrim to Christ<\/u> and to redemption in him; we will challenge each other in our discipleship and spiritual nurturing to press on<\/u> with perseverance; we will learn from the wisdom of brothers and sisters down the ages and across all human divides.<\/div>\n
~ third-space.org.uk<\/a><\/div>\n

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On the journey of faith
\nFar I have come, far I must go.<\/div>\n
~ Jonny Baker<\/a><\/div>\n

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A Pilgrim’s Prayer<\/h3>\n

Christ our Guide,
\nstay with us on our pilgrimage through life:
\n      when we falter, encourage us
\n      when we stumble, steady us
\n      and when we have fallen, pick us up.
\nHelp us to become, step by step,
\n      more truly ourselves,
\nand remind us
\n      that you have travelled this way before us.
\nAmen<\/p>\n

 
\n~ by Angela Ashwin, from The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em>, #167
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\nBook list<\/strong>
\nFinding our way again<\/a><\/em>  by Brian McLaren
\nWe make the road by walking<\/a><\/em>  by Brian D. McLaren
\nA Pilgrim Way<\/a><\/em>  by Ray Simpson
\nPilgrimage of a soul<\/a><\/em>  by Phileena Heuertz
\nThe Awesome Journey<\/a><\/em>  by David Adam
\nAncient Paths<\/a><\/em>  by David Robinson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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