The Transformative Journey of the Camino

Five years ago, Barrett Harkins walked Spain’s Camino de Santiago—an ancient Christian pilgrimage walked by over 500,000 people each year—for a friend’s birthday. Somewhere along the path, he called his wife and asked what she thought about moving there. 

Now a missionary in Santiago, where he works with pilgrims on the path and at a hostel, Harkins and Steve Cuss walk the path together. They talk about the power of slowing down and the profound conversations that take place as people journey with one another. They explore what God does in temporary spaces, what it looks like to let go of what we no longer need, and why it is important to create a reflective mind. 

Harkins discusses the history of the Camino, the reasons people walk the path, and the way many pilgrims—including Harkins—have found it to be a place where God meets them in their anxiety and offers transformation.

Resources mentioned in this episode or recommended by the guests include:

• Camino de Santiago
• “The Power of Pilgrimage with Brian and Peri Zahnd” 
• Three Mile an Hour God by Kosuke Koyama
• John Mark Comer
• The Enneagram
• Striking Out: Poems and Stories from the Camino by Stephen Cottrell

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