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Germination – group game grimage 2023 – report Manja

Our group game grimage 2023 was all about the theme "what is your germination capacity". Co-coordinator Manja Bente guided the very rainy trip as a volunteer. With the proceeds we will finance part of our new book of hours On the way to wisdom.…

Nice report by Francine Postma in the Libelle

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Nice article by Francine Postma about her Walk of Walk of Wisdom in the new issue of the Libelle: "Last year, I turned 50, and I had been kind of leaning towards that. Fifty sounds so serious and mature. I had thought I would feel the same…
Rob van Sprang

Rob van Sprang: the miracle of germination

Rob van Sprang was co-coordinator of the Walk of Wisdom for almost 3 years. He took his leave in early March to prepare for a long writing retreat. As a farewell, he walked the Walk of Wisdom and wrote a story about "germination". Germination…
Ooijpolder

Report of our 13,538th pilgrim: Wendy Hermsen

Nijmegen - Kranenburg Day 1 I walked from Nijmegen to Kranenburg. It was 32 km. What a beautiful route this was. In the ooipolder I saw a deer and two hares ran behind each other. The birds whistled lustily. What a silence there was around…
Ooypoort door Marja Hakkoer

Silent walk series: a ribbon of silence, reflection and fun – by Gert Bos

Gert Bos joins us in our silent walk series 'The Walk of Wisdom in a year round'. He wrote a report of the silent walk from Kranenburg to Plasmolen in March 2023. Photos by Marja Hakkoer. On Sunday, April 2, we leave in the morning by bus…
Rachel de Vries van Banda

The Walk of Wisdom in 10 haikus – by pilgrim Rachel

How nice: we received a first submission in response to our annual theme Germination. It belongs to Rachel de Vries van Banda from The Hague on the occasion of her 'walk of wisdom' in March 2023. Would you also like to submit a report or submission?…

“A Warm Wisdom” (poem René van Nieuwkuijk)

In February, René van Nieuwkuijk attended our departure ceremony for pilgrims at sunrise. At sunset he participated in the Sunset March , at the end of our route on the bridge the Crossing. "Suddenly I realized that in Nijmegen…
Hatertse Vennen

“Nothing stays the same” – Anneke Scholten

My Walk of Wisdom: "Nothing stays the same". By Anneke Scholten. From Thursday, October 27 to Friday, November 4, 2022, I will have the Walk of WisdomRun. Pilgrim number 12051. I never thought I'd be happy to write a song.get. The reason The…
Duik in water ritueel

Pilgrim’s Happiness – by Francine Postma

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My sixth day of hiking has started grey. There is a chilly wind and it is drizzling. In myRain suit, I walk, with rustling trouser legs, on muddy paths, through forests andfields. I pass farms, mills, country houses and even a castle.…
Ooijpolder

Walk of Wisdom in pictures – by Marjolijn Gerrits

Marjolijn Gerrits walked the Walk of Wisdom as a pilgrim last year and sent in these photos. by Marjolijn Gerrits