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A Sacred Journey

practicing pilgrimage at home and abroad

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PILGRIMAGE ESSENTIALS

A Sacred Journey has a library of blog posts and podcast episodes to offer guidance and practical steps as you seek to practice pilgrimage at home and abroad.

posts
discover the best posts on pilgrimage
  • Threshold Journeys: 8 Steps to Take During Seasons of Transition
  • Thin Places, Holy Spaces: Where Do You Encounter God?
  • Growth Edges: Turn Trials on the Path into Opportunities with this Pilgrim Perspective
  • 5 Essentials for Practicing Pilgrimage at Home and Abroad
  • It’s Time to Go on Pilgrimage When…
  • Who Are Your Journey Guides?
  • 2 Signs You Can Always Trust
  • 6 Tools for Staying Present to the Journey at Hand
  • Questions for the Pilgrim at the Start of the Day
  • Letting Ritual Guide Your Journey
  • It’s All About the Journey: The Process of Pilgrimage
  • Traveling Light: 3 Steps to Lighten the Load
  • The Pilgrim Practice of Welcoming the Stranger
  • What the Landscape of Your Pilgrimage Reveals about the Terrain of Your Soul
  • Coincidence or Something More? Synchronicity on the Journey
  • What is Your Quest? How to Find Out and Where to Begin
  • Following the Thread: 5 Clues to Discover Where You’ve Been and Discern Where You’re Going
  • 10 Types of Pilgrimage: Which is Calling You?
  • The Purpose of Pilgrimage: What is Your Offering to the World?
  • Things to Consider When Planning a Pilgrimage
  • 5 Must-Have Qualities of Journey Companions
  • Questions for the Pilgrim at the End of the Day
  • 7 Reasons Why Uncertainty is Good for Your Journey
  • Lean Into Your Journey by Creating a Home Altar
  • Practicing Pilgrimage as a Way of Life
  • 5 Activities to Make Your Next Trip a Spiritual Journey
  • 3 Creative Practices to Spark the Journey Within
  • Have Wanderlust? How to Use It for Good
  • 5 Steps to Engage the Interior Journey
  • Create a Mini-Pilgrimage Right at Home
  • Which Type of Pilgrim Are You?
  • 5 Creative Ways to Fund a Pilgrimage
  • The 3 Elements Required for Any Pilgrimage
  • How to Be a Pilgrim in Everyday Life
  • How to Travel Like a Pilgrim
  • Are You a Traveler or Tourist? 5 Things That Make Travelers Different
episodes
listen to wisdom from seasoned pilgrims
  • My 2019 Sabbatical (+ a Sabbatical Episode with John Valters Paintner)
  • S2:E8 | Entering Our Places of Darkness with Vanya Stier-Van Essen
  • S2:E7 | The Camino with Michael Snyder
  • S2:E6 | Listening to Dreams with Kasey Hitt
  • S2:E5 | Practicing Pilgrimage in Everyday Life with Pat Loughery
  • S2:E4 | Social Change with Shawn Askinosie
  • S2:E3 | Mysticism with Amos Smith
  • S2:E2 | Coming Out with Daniel Tidwell
  • S2:E1 | Travel as Pilgrimage with Ryan Moore
  • Pilgrim Podcast 10: (In)Fertility Journeys
  • Pilgrim Podcast 09: Solo Travel + Crafting Meaningful Journeys with Amber Englund
  • Pilgrim Podcast 08: Silence + The Contemplative Path with Rich Lewis
  • Pilgrim Podcast 07: Vocation + Meaningful Work with Dan Cumberland
  • Pilgrim Podcast 06: The Liturgical Year with Jenn Giles Kemper
  • Pilgrim Podcast 05: Rewilding + Journeying with Nature with Mary DeJong
  • Pilgrim Podcast 04: Ancestral Pilgrimage with Christine Valters Paintner
  • Pilgrim Podcast 03: The Body + The Sacred Feminine with Jenny Wade
  • Pilgrim Podcast 02: Contemplative Activism with Ryan Kuja
  • Pilgrim Podcast 01: SoulStrolling with Kayce Hughlett
  • Welcome to the Pilgrim Podcast: An Introduction

INSPIRATION FOR THE JOURNEY

Below are some of my most frequently recommended books and films on pilgrimage both as practice and metaphor, as well as my favorite collections of blessings and poems to highlight the path along the way.

Note: Book and film links on this site are Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and purchase something, I receive a small commission, at no cost to you, that I use to help build my pilgrim library.

books

The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau

Pilgrimage—The Sacred Art: Journey to the Center of the Heart by Dr. Sheryl A. Kujawa Holbrook

The Soul of a Pilgrim by Christine Valters Paintner

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

films

The Way

Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler

Belief

The Power of Myth

The Story of God

tools

To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue

Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West translated by Daniel Ladinsky

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