by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | Sep 26, 2015 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
Yellow arrows are the most common waymarks on the Camino. In addition to arrows there are yellow scallop shells on a blue background posted on road signs and on two foot tall cement posts. In larger towns and cities the municipality usually embeds metal scallop...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | Sep 12, 2015 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
Coming down the steep hill on our second day into the town of Zubiri, I blew out my left knee. On our fourth day, leaving Pamplona, we climbed El Alto del Perdón (the height of forgiveness), with the beautiful iron statues of perigrinos (pilgrims) past. Climbing down...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | Aug 22, 2015 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
We had planned to leave Cambridge on Monday morning, soon after I finished a conference call that could not be rescheduled. After a whirlwind pack up and clean, we finally left the house at 4:45pm. We arrived very late that night at Minga’s parents home...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | Nov 29, 2012 | Israel-Palestine 2012
As I contemplated what my Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation tour would be, I hoped that we would be exposed to a full range of the human experience in Israel-Palestine—and indeed we have. We’ve heard from Israelis spanning the whole political spectrum, including:...
by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | Nov 20, 2012 | Israel-Palestine 2012
Along with UN General Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon, and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Minga and I arrived at the airport in Tel Aviv only 3 hours later than expected. Earlier this morning, we sat on the ground at the Charles de Gaualle airport in Paris, likely...
