Palmerage Bonus Content! Pilgrimage is a weird concept because the pilgrim retreats from their own world often in the hopes of entering a world past. Pilgrims immerse ourselves in the stories and site of ancient, medieval, and modern times. We desire a taste, touch, encounter with the holy, to...
Crete and (no) Santorini Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the 5th largest of the Mediterranean islands, lying at the convergence of the Mediterranean, Crete, and Aegean Seas. The Dodecanese islands (Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini, etc.) lie to the northeast, the Peloponnese to...
Rhodes: thankfully not shipwrecked The book of Acts mentions Paul was shipwrecked at Rhodes during his journey and preached the gospel there. Imagine—hearing a word of liberation and God’s love on a fluke because the preacher was shipwrecked on your island on his way to his...
Ephesus & Patmos: Gathering and Exile “But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours all of them shouted in unison, ‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’ But when the town clerk had quietened the crowd, he said, ‘Citizens of Ephesus, who is...
Day 6: Cruising into Mykonos Pilgrimages make demands of each person: engagement, focus, physical exertion, mental and spiritual energy. Today’s pilgrimage destination demanded rest. We embarked on our Aegean Sea cruise at 11:30 and pulled out of the port near Athens at 1pm with Mykonos as...
Day 5: Temple of Apollo and the Omphalos Today we walked The Sacred Way in Delphi: the Athenian Treasury, the Temple of of Apollo, and the Theater. The Delphic archeological site is also home to the Pythian oracle and the ompalos—the navel, or center, or the world, according to Ancient...
Day 4: On the steps of Paul and Paragliding :Berea, Meteora, and Kalambaka We departed Thessaloniki early in the morning and drove to Berea, a small city boasting the ruins of the “steps of Paul.” The very steps on which Paul stood to preach to the Bereans after he and Silas...
Day 3: Alexander, Paul, and Lydia walk into…Philippi We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this...
Days 1 & 2: oh Crikey, I’m heading to Thessaloniki! Friends, I arrived at IAH quite early for an 9:00 flight but it was well worth it considering it took a while to get through security. Even though Houston is an huge city I run into a fair few of you out and about and the...
Day Zero: Intro Grace and Peace to you, Beloved Palmers, "We must always give thanks to God for you, siblings, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing..." Paul wrote...
