Striking Out: Poems and stories from the Camino
- ISBN-10
- 1786221160
- ISBN-13
- 9781786221162
- Series
- Striking Out
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-09-30
- Publisher
- Canterbury Press
- Author
- Stephen Cottrell
Description
On a September morning, Bishop Stephen Cottrell said mass in his chapel, kissed his wife goodbye, stepped out of his front door and walked two miles to the nearest station. It was the start of a 700 kilometre pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Choosing the least travelled route across northern Spain, he craved the solitude of the road and felt the small vulnerabilities of not knowing what each day would bring - where meals or a bed would be found - would be beneficial. As a busy diocesan bishop, he looked forward not so much to arriving at the great destination, but to what the journey itself would reveal to him. This is a spiritual diary of that journey, comprising reflections, prayer poems and evocative images from the road and poetry which Stephen Cottrell has written for many years. Arranged in four sections, each with seven paired reflections and poems, the shape of the book echoes the rhythm of walking and is an intimate and honest account of the profound effect of the age-old tradition of going on pilgrimage.
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Other editions
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- 2011-09-21
- 160 pages
- Ebook
- Wipf and Stock Publishers
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