This Lent, consider making a journey of faith on the route to Santiago de Compostela. Without leaving home, you can walk with others, join with them in prayer, and share bread and Rioja wine, guided by the narrative of an extraordinary moviePilgrimages can take you far away; but there is one pilgrimage you are invited to do in the comfort of your armchair. By using a powerful combination of Bible insights rooted in the film The Way and a book called The Long Road to Heaven by Tim Heaton, your Christian way of life will be challenged and nourished by the wisdom of the centuries.The film, which was directed and written by Emilio Estevez, is about Tom, an American doctor, played by Martin Sheen, who comes to Europe because his son has tragically died on the Way of St James, the pilgrim route
27 February 2014, The Tablet
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