Silent to Spoken: The Way

Eighteen letters. One each morning between now and the day I leave for Spain. Camino history, a real scripture study, and a question I have to answer honestly before I can ask you to. You do not need a plane ticket for any of it.

1. Letter One

   Why Pilgrims Walk

   Every journey begins with a reason.

2. Letter Two

   St. James, Leaving to Follow

   Every calling begins with a surrender.

3. Letter Three

   Choosing Your Way

   God does not always give you the easy road. He gives you the right one.

4. Letter Four

   Joy Is Allowed

   Grief and joy can live in the same room.

5. Letter Five Coming

   The Pilgrim Shell

   Everything on this road points somewhere.

6. Letter Six Coming

   Yellow Arrows

   You do not need the whole path. You need the next mark.

7. Letter Seven Coming

   Walking Together

   You were never meant to arrive alone.

8. Letter Eight Coming

   Rest Days

   Rest is not a reward. It is obedience.

9. Letter Nine Coming

   Hospitality

   Grace is easier to give than to receive.

10. Letter Ten Coming

    Daily Bread

    Enough for today has always been the promise.

11. Letter Eleven Coming

    Climbing the Hills

    The hard days are doing something the easy ones cannot.

12. Letter Twelve Coming

    Walking in Silence

    God is usually quieter than you expected.

13. Letter Thirteen Coming

    Forgiveness

    Some of what you are carrying belongs to someone else.

14. Letter Fourteen Coming

    Gratitude

    The ordinary is where most of your life happens.

15. Letter Fifteen Coming

    The Stone You Carry

    You were never meant to arrive with it.

16. Letter Sixteen Coming

    Finishing Well

    How you finish says more than how fast you went.

17. Letter Seventeen Coming

    Santiago

    Arriving is not the same as being finished.

18. Letter Eighteen Coming

    Sent Home

    The Camino does not end in Santiago.