A...a... what???

In college, I took a Reformation Tour of Europe for a month. While in Rome, with a campus pastor and other students, we were asked by a Roman Catholic priest, "Is this a pilgrimage for you? Tracing the steps of Martin Luther? The other students and I looked at each other quizzically and I told him "No... not really." I have thought about that question as I have traveled to other places and think of it now as I am about to embark on a trip to the Holy Land.

What makes one's travel a pilgrimage?

Can anyone do a pilgrimage?

How???

Through my travels in the Holy Land, I hope to learn a bit more about this somewhat foriegn concept. I would like to journey not just with my feet this February but inwardly too. Could this be a spiritual journey, a pilgrimage for me? Will I look at familar biblical stories differently after this experience? I am not a journalist. I am not a missionary. I am not a pastor... yet. I am a seminary student wondering just what this trip will hold for me and my fellow travelers... and you are welcome to come along!