Seasoned Anna Chaplains will remember Eddie Gilmore when he joined us for our annual Gathering in 2022, writes Debbie Thrower. Then the CEO of Irish Chaplaincy, Eddie led us in a great singalong that day, and also talked to us about his writing.
Well, Eddie has a new book out now - Another Day in Paradise: Stories of transformation from the Camino and other places, Brimstone Press, 2024, and as with other accounts of his travels round the world - and the significant encounters along the way- in true chaplain' style this one also oozes positivity.
This time, he takes us with him as he walks the ancient Camino to Santiago de Compostela and to other popular pilgrimage destinations: Canterbury, Rome, Jerusalem, Lourdes, Walsingham and Croagh Patrick. He introduces us to a range of colourful and international fellow-travellers, whose reasons for walking are as diverse as are their characters. As has been the case for centuries, he explains, there is something about the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other for long distances that brings people into relationship and draws out their story.
This is a book of stories, both his own and those of the incredible people he has met on the way. The book also offers a view of a kinder and more inclusive world; one where, through the simple act of walking, we come to see that world and those around us with an altered perspective and to undergo a process of mutual transformation.
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