Status Updates From 3000 Miles to Jesus

‘Whatever physical surroundings we find ourselves in, perhaps we can think of our heart as a chapel to which we travel when we pray. The way is mountainous, perilous, sometimes heavily defended. Yet our perseverance and our faith allow us to finally reach this sacred space. Alone with God, our longed-for destination finally before us, we sink to the ground and rest. We drink in divine grace. And we are changed.’

‘Our truest enemies are not in the landscape "out there." They aren't people on differing political or religious spectrums or those of differing beliefs. They are likely not, in fact, people at all. For religious pilgrims, the greatest foes are the infidels of our own hearts.'

'The truth is that followers of Jesus will always pass through contested territory, always encounter conflict and enemies on the Jerusalem road.’