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Hilde van Engelen takes you on a pilgrimage route: step by step, by step … (step 1)

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I'll take you through the stories of everyday life, Hilde writes. There are so many events that want to be told. Miracles on earth. Below is her story in which she takes us on a pilgrimage route. "Enjoii... Kind regards, Hilde". It's the…

Chapter 46 from the collection of pilgrim stories: “guest in Paradise”

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Machteld and Ronald have been saying it for years "all those pilgrim stories, we can write a book about it" and they did. Now for the 4th time. Today we let you light up one of these stories, straight from their paradise, their B&B or…

What a joy to celebrate my 70th birthday in this way.

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I really wanted to walk the Walk of Walk of Wisdom again! When I retired, I already did that once. This time I prepared him better, both physically and mentally; I want to walk the tour one after the other without coming home: 5 days of walking,…
Vertrekceremonie Walk of Wisdom door Yolanda van Diepen

A Year Gone, Rob’s Pilgrimage Part 2: The Deed

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Photo: departure ceremony Walk of Wisdom by Yolanda van Diepen On Friday, June 12th, after a lecture by Joke Hermsen, I bought her book entitled: 'Moment & Eternity'. In it she wrote: "Seize eternity in the moment". I was immediately fascinated…

Today, Monday 21 June, the Walk of Wisdom celebrates its 6th anniversary!!

Dear people, Twelve years ago, the idea of the Walk of Wisdom was born and the seed was planted. What a special thing that we are now heading for 10,000 pilgrims!! Unfortunately not a big party, but in my heart I feel great joy about what…

The story of the departure ceremony (8): ‘Walking is a venting of the soul’

Everlasting Journey no. 1, a woodcut by Siemen Dijkstra. Fortunately, the Departure Ceremony/Pilgrim's Lauds of the Walk of Wisdom on June 5 in the Stevenskerk in Nijmegen took place again, yet the new tradition "to record the text in advance"…

The route is a poem richer

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At the oak tree in front of Dineke along the Bison Bay is now one of her beautiful poems. The wind is waiting for your hair The sun beckons to your skin The route wants your feet So get out of bed The air craves your breath The river…

Pilgrimage in the polder. On mental paths close to home

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Cover photo: Thomas Hontelez We sit down and take in the rolling landscape in silenceon. 'I'm just trying,' Damien says after a while. 'The signalshave been encouraging so far. I want a culture on this routeof cordiality and respect. If…

Wanted: Treasurer for the Walk of Wisdom

After Angelien Reith approved the 2020 annual report and the budget for 2021, she felt that her job at the Walk of Wisdom was done. The foundation has matured, financially healthy as well (see: annual report 2020 and outlook 2021). We gratefully…

Et cetera, but my real goal is to stop ticking boxes (pilgrim Gerson van Luijk)

By Gerson van Luijk Bison Bay. The hardest thing for me is to slow down. Take your time. To stand still just to stand still and look, to feel, to smell. The world sometimes seems to be all about yourself and it can feel selfish to become…