Striking Out - Poems and stories from the Camino Cottrell StephenPaperback / softback
Striking Out - Poems and stories from the Camino Cottrell StephenPaperback / softback On a September morning, Bishop Stephen Cottrell said mass in his chapel, kissed his wife goodbye, stepped out of…
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Striking Out - Poems and stories from the Camino Cottrell StephenPaperback / softback
On a September morning, Bishop Stephen Cottrell said mass in his chapel, kissed his wife goodbye, stepped out of his front door and walked two miles to the nearest station. Choosing the least travelled route across northern Spain, he craved the solitude of the road and felt the small vulnerabilities of not knowing what each day would bring - where meals or a bed would be found - would be beneficial. It was the start of a 700 kilometre pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
This is a spiritual diary of that journey, comprising reflections, prayer poems and evocative images from the road and poetry which Stephen Cottrell has written for many years. As a busy diocesan bishop, he looked forward not so much to arriving at the great destination, but to what the journey itself would reveal to him. Arranged in four sections, each with seven paired reflections and poems, the shape of the book
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