Dear Caminoheads,

How timely is that 7 years ago, Phil was reflecting on what “we were”…? I certainly cannot imagine a better moment to revisit that very definition of a Caminoheads that at this time…

Yesterday I asked you to “think”, and all the “kuddos” go to Barbara… go to the comments, she really nailed the “thinking” assignment… (Barbara, Congrats!!! You made me laugh!!!)

Before leaving with Phil’s words of wisdom, I want to say one more time that I do read all the comments. I am just in a very (VERY) busy moment at work and life in general, and have not found the moment to organize my routine to reply. But please know that Phil reminded me just recently, “that attending to the comments was an act of hospitality”, and I promise I will find the time to do so.

Now, off to the “meat”… I already miss Phil so much…

October 13, 2014 – Caminoheads??

Hi.  What if we continue on with what we were talking about yesterday.  And as Kelly would  say, “Let’s review.”  I don’t know how many times he used this on me as I am  a slow learner apparently.   So, I was telling you the genesis of the name Caminoheads and how that got started.

I am going to jump ahead and go for the jugular on this and say, at the farthest reaches of my thinking, that a Caminohead is someone that has a longing for God and has been attracted to the Camino because of it.

And look,  in between those two ends we can conveniently fit all sorts of folks with all sorts of ideas, thoughts and motivations.  The last thing that we need is an exclusive club, right?  This has to be a club where the readers come together and learn from each other, support each other and celebrate each other.

Well, we made vast progress.   Maybe we can gather a few more ideas and then tomorrow boil this down to something workable.  I have a walking date in a few minutes and need to go for now.  How about tomorrow?  Love, Phil.