Pilgrim or tourist?

I find it amazing that this sabbatical begins with the Taize Red Shirt pilgrimage, and will end with me being a pilgrim at Taize in France. In between there will be some time of being a pilgrim, I will go to Iona, Scotland, sojourn through Ireland, meet family in Norway, and there will be a time of being a tourist, seeing sights, the Eiffel Tower, the Tower of London. The difference has something to do with location. As a tourist we stand apart from the people and look at them, as a pilgrim we stand with the people and listen to them.

As a pilgrim I encountered God's presence at Red Shirt Table. 

 

The tent village at Red Shirt.

Pilgrims climbing the hill for the last time.

Fabulous music team.