The tourist returns home the same person but a pilgrim returns home a different person because they have experienced a sacred place on a deeper level. Much more than sightseers, pilgrims seek places for renewal, for healing, enlightenment and inspiration. And the pilgrimage does not end. What is our pilgrim response to the not-guilty verdict for Jeronimo Yanez in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile? To walk with those who suffer, to listen, to drop the idolatry of whiteness. Listen now to Paula’s sermon from Sunday.

Paula Northwood, Minister for Spiritual Formation