Listen "Keep on Walking: The Camino de Santiago with Nan Marsh"
Episode Synopsis
Karen Wright Marsh explores one of the lessons from her new book, Wake Up To Wonder: 22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday, with her daughter, Nan Marsh. They relive their 165 km pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. 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 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 MARSHNan 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 BOOKWake Up To Wonder: 22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday is the new book by Karen Wright Marsh. In Wake Up to Wonder, Karen introduces us to 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.Visit https://karenwrightmarsh.com/wake-up-to-wonderIn 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.Support the show
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