Sacred Pilgrimage: Travelogue & Guide

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, my graduate course “Reviving Pilgrimage: Decolonizing Religious Travel to the Holy Land” (taught by Faryn Borella at Starr King School for the Ministry) was unable to physically travel to the land of Israel & Palestine as planned.

We were able, however, able to spend additional time reflecting on the non-physical aspects of pilgrimage – our spiritual practices, emotions or lack thereof towards Israel/Palestine, the intersections of politics and spirituality, the intensification of existing power dynamics due to Coronavirus, how we define “holy land,” the purpose of pilgrimage, and what it means to arrive & return well (both in our lives and in our ancestors lives). 

This is my travelogue from home, a place to gather my thoughts & creations on the experience of not traveling and invite others into their own experiences reflecting on Sacred Journeys.

To read more about this journey and see the water color series, please visit: https://ancestralweaving.wordpress.com/