Tag Archive for: pilgrim

“My footsteps are becoming hesitant and slow as I walk in” (pilgrim Ricky Rieter on her Walk of Wisdom)
selection, Stories from pilgrims
The Labyrinth and Me
End of my
'Walk of wisdom'.
My footsteps are
hesitant and slow
Now that I walk in...
My life, a labyrinth,
of not seeing, and seeing,
of doubt, and believing,
of fear and trust,
of sorrow and joy,
of desire and fulfillment,
Bumps…

“The Walk of Wisdom does something to you” (pilgrim Mieke Kleinleugenmors about her blissful feeling)
selection, Stories from pilgrims It is exactly four weeks ago today that I started my Walk of Wisdom with a happy head. I had already smelled it earlier this year during a silent walk and now I went 'for real'. The plan was to report back to the Stevenskerk on May 11th. And…

Overcoming obstacles in the Reichswald (by pilgrim Annelies Hoefsloot)
selection, Stories from pilgrimsAs a pilgrim, I have the desire to meet myself. Where better to do that than in the tranquility of nature? Can I handle myself when things get tough or when I get overwhelmed by emotions?
Quite exciting to go out on my own, on my own. No escapes…

‘Let it go and it will be all right’ (pilgrim Sabine Juckenack on her Walk of Wisdom)
selection, Stories from pilgrims
My Walk of Wisdom
If you've experienced pilgrimage once, you'll be hooked.... Yes, after three times Santigo de Compostela via the Camino Frances and the Camino Portuguese, I was now looking closer to home. An acquaintance gave me…

‘It is all anchored in us’ (Simon Wijma, pilgrim 2457)
selection, Stories from pilgrims
Philosophical Valley
Where
in the centuries
from her
The song of silence hums
Tree, leaf, wind
blows in me
by me
it's all anchored in us
Sing it to me, walk of wisdom
I see a piece of life's path
away from the world,
Gone without end
Simon…

Ireen enjoys her Walk of Walk of Wisdom to the fullest
selection, Stories from pilgrims, The media about us
Hikers with a happy look in their eyes. You can pick them out in no time, they walk the Walk of Wisdom, writes Annet Kooijmans in an article in the weekly newspaper Via Groesbeek.
She did a short interview with pilgrim Ireen van der Lande.…

Hortance from Deventer walked the Walk of Wisdom, with her elderly dog Tommy
selection, Stories from pilgrimsEarly April. A message via Facebook from Hortance van den Beld from Deventer: 'Good evening, is the route easy to walk with a dog cart? My elderly dog walks with me in a cart. In Belgium I have also walked with the cart. Sometimes some difficult…

Hundreds of river clay tablets for new ritual
News, selection
On Sunday, a special job was done in atelier TerrAzul in Wijchen: volunteers of the Walk of Wisdom cut a few hundred tablets of river clay from large slices, put the logo of the Walk of Wisdom on them and packed the tablets in environmentally…

The Walk of Wisdom solo non-stop: pilgrimage on a bed of ice crystals
Stories from pilgrimsBy Jan Fokke Oosterhof
Ever since its launch on June 21, 2015, it has been in my bucket book, the non-stop running of the Walk of Wisdom, a 136-kilometer pilgrimage route. A pilgrimage route based on my own city of Nijmegen, which is independent…

“I feel the love of mother nature, the joy and appreciation” (pilgrim Joke Timmermans)
selection, Stories from pilgrims'It's the 'place' where you feel like you're going with the flow of Mother Nature's life'
Hello, my name is Joke living in Limburg and born and raised in Apeldoorn. My hobby is hiking. All my life I have been an active hiker. Being one with…