Keep on Walking: the Camino de Santiago with Nan Marsh
Keep on Walking: A WAKE UP TO WONDER episode
Nan Marsh relives her 165 km pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago with Karen Wright Marsh, her walking companion (and mother!). Of the thousands who walk this path each year, some take to the Camino out of prayerful devotion, others to work through a personal loss, discern a new purpose, or meet the challenge of a rigorous trek. Listen now to discover why Nan and Karen decided to walk all the way to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain – and what they discovered along the way.
ABOUT NAN MARSH
Nan Marsh studied poetry at the University of Virginia and lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she works as the office manager of Cincinnati Montessori Secondary Education Program and savors long walks through Richmond’s beautiful Museum District.
ABOUT KAREN’S NEW BOOK
Wake Up To Wonder: 22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday is the new book by Karen Wright Marsh, host of the Vintage Saints and Sinners Podcast. In Wake Up to Wonder, Karen introduces us to those people: 22 faithful yet oh-so-human Christians from across centuries and cultures. Inspired by their example, she offers playful, simple practices that bring deeper meaning and purpose to everyday life -- a collage of spiritual and personal experiments anyone can do. Wake up to wonder and discover that a life of spiritual depth, amazement, and connection is within reach today and every day.
Her chapter “Keep On Walking,” Karen tells the story of Margery Kempe (1375-1438) and her obsession with walking – and how it inspired her own walk across Spain. Then try the invitations: Walk to Think, Walk to Hope, Walk to Pray.
LEARN MORE
HOW I WALK is a campaign that promotes walking as an inclusive physical activity term in which everybody is included and encourages a transformation in individual and societal attitudes about people with disability. Learn about HOW I WALK here!
Explore the Routes of the Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain at the Unesco World Heritage website.
See a video from Walks in Spain, the terrific booking agents who put together the independent self-guided pilgrimage for Karen and Nan
Want to plan your own Camino? Reach out to Paul at Walks in Spain!
