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Sky and emptiness: Saturday departure ceremony

This Saturday is our (free) departure ceremony after sunrise: the pilgrim lauds. We walk in silence through the deserted Stevens Church in Nijmegen. In the middle of the beautiful space, we listen to a story from Seasons of Life, the first…
Judith Krebbekx

Sunrise departure ceremony

This Saturday is our departure ceremony at sunrise: the pilgrim's lauds. In the deserted Stevens Church in Nijmegen, we make a quiet walk a little after sunrise and then listen to a story from our first book of hours: Seasons of Life. Below…

Finally at my writing place

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At the end of my first day of Walk of Wisdom, 2.5 years ago, I sat on a bench with this view. I had just walked this pilgrim path, when I saw a man approaching in the distance. I wondered if he was also walking the tour and looked at him,…
Stevenskerk door Thomas Hontelez

Monica Boschman: “I can hear it in my inner ear.”

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"The outer path around the city and the inner path of the soul [...]" Poem in honour of 750 years of Stevenskerk.
Maria Mazarakis

Meaning coach Maria Mazarakis in our new Book of Hours

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After choosing inspiration as a theme for our new Book of Hours, we came into contact with Maria Mazarakis. Maria is a sociologist and meaning coach and has been organizing the Inspiration Stage in Arnhem for years. Here she lets people speak…

Thomas Hontelez: Walking as a natural state of being (interview)

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"When I walk, and especially when I walk long distances, I can identify a bit with the primitive man who also wandered and walked for days, weeks, months."
Stevenspedel bij onze pelgrimslauden

The story of the departure ceremony (16): ‘Biomimicry’

Stevenspedel at our pilgrim lauds Every first Saturday of the month we organize a departure ceremony at sunrise: the pilgrim lauds. We then make a silent tour through the abandoned Stevens Church in Nijmegen, our starting and ending point.…
Waalgaard Weurt

De Waalgaard: “Food production in collaboration with nature”

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In Weurt we recently got a new stop: the Waalgaard. A few enthusiastic people bought an old-fashioned sprayed pear orchard here and created a food forest and a pick-your-own garden. Pilgrims who walk the Walk of Wisdom can score their 'Beuningen'…
Vertrekceremonie bij zonsopgang

The story of the departure ceremony (15): “Good enough”

Last Saturday was our departure ceremony at sunrise: the pilgrim lauds. This time with a text by Damiaan Messing, the pioneer of the Walk of Wisdom.
Vertrekceremonie bij zonsopgang

Stories from markers: Annet Kooijmans

Our marker Annet Kooijmans lives right next to our route in Groesbeek (map 7, dot 10). Pilgrims are welcome to visit her for a cup of coffee for a voluntary contribution. She has a house to spend the night that is very popular, often you can…