The Pilgrimage

Where the Compass Points

Before I write about someone, I spend time walking beside them.

I read Scripture slowly. I pray. I ask questions. I look for the little details that are easy to pass by. Sometimes I sit with a single verse for days before I understand why it was placed there.

I have discovered that if I walk beside someone in Scripture long enough, they stop being a name on a page and become a companion on the road.

This series is called The Pilgrimage because that is what it has become for me.

These are not biographies, and they are not history lessons, though history matters. They are journeys into the lives of the people who encountered God and were forever changed by Him.

Beneath every one of these reflections is a single question:

What happens to a person who truly finds Christ?

Each life gives a different answer.

I begin with Scripture because that is where the roots are. From there I sometimes listen to the early voices of the Church, the stories that were handed down, the memories that Christians have carried for centuries. I do not expect every path to look exactly the same, but I have found that when we walk close to the roots, we often discover that we have more in common than we first imagined.

The first pilgrimage is Saint Andrew.

I thought I was going to meet Peter’s quieter brother. Instead, I found a man who was already searching before Jesus walked by, already listening in the wilderness, already turned toward God before he knew where that road would lead.

I did not find a man who spent his life giving things up.

I found a man who discovered a treasure so beautiful that he could not stop giving it away.

And perhaps that is the question Andrew leaves for all of us.

Have you found the Pearl?

These pilgrimages will arrive on Sunday mornings at 7:30.

Not every Sunday.

Some souls take longer to walk beside than others, and I have learned not to rush them.

My hope is simply that when they arrive, they help you slow down for a little while, walk beside an old friend from Scripture, and perhaps hear the Lord’s voice a little more clearly for yourself.

Welcome to The Pilgrimage.

I am glad you are walking with me.